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- ESA's HydRON project for space-based optical communications moves forward ESA · 13 Feb 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has jointly signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to develop Element #2 of its High-throughput Digital and Optical Network (HydRON), an advanced laser-based satellite system that will...
- UAE Selects Thales Alenia Space for Lunar Gateway Airlock Amid Uncertain Program Future The Launch Pad · 5 Feb 2025 UAE Selects Thales Alenia Space for Lunar Gateway Airlock Amid Uncertain Program Future
- Thales Alenia Space wins contract for Gateway airlock SpaceNews · 5 Feb 2025 The UAE has selected Thales Alenia Space to build an airlock module for the lunar Gateway despite uncertainty about the future of that NASA-led program.
- Thales Alenia Space to Build Emirates Airlock for Lunar Gateway Station European Spaceflight · 4 Feb 2025 The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre of the United Arab Emirates has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract to design and develop the Emirates Crew and Science Airlock Module, the country’s contribution to NASA’s Lunar G...
- Thales Alenia Space Secures $900M Contract For Argonaut Lunar Lander Descent Element The Launch Pad · 4 Feb 2025 Thales Alenia Space Secures $900M Contract For Argonaut Lunar Lander Descent Element
- Thales Alenia Space Wins €367M Contract to Build EnVision Venus Explorer European Spaceflight · 1 Feb 2025 The European Space Agency has awarded Thales Alenia Space a €367 million contract to build the EnVision probe, which will be tasked with exploring Venus. EnVision was selected for development by ESA’s Science Programme C...
- ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space €862M Argonaut Moon Lander Contract European Spaceflight · 31 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency has awarded a €862 million contract to Thales Alenia Space to build the Descent Element of the agency’s Argonaut Moon lander. Designed as a multi-role lunar lander, Argonaut consists of three ma...
- Europe awards $900 million contract for Argonaut lunar lander development SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Thales Alenia Space announced a contract worth nearly $900 million Jan. 30 to develop and deliver the Lunar Descent Element for Argonaut, the European Space Agency’s cargo lander slated for missions to the Moon starting...
- Argonaut: a first European lunar lander ESA · 30 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space in Italy to lead European aerospace companies in building the Argonaut Lunar Descent Element, ESA’s first lunar lander.
- ESA enlists Thales Alenia Space for mission to Venus SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2025 ESA has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract worth about $383 million in total to lead the development of EnVision, slated to launch in November 2031 on a 15-month journey to study Venus.
- Signed and sealed: Envision can move towards construction ESA · 28 Jan 2025 On 28 January 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to build the Envision spacecraft. Launching in the 2030s, Envision will be the first mission to investigate Venus from i...
- Europe to develop geostationary quantum encryption payload SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2025 European satellite maker Thales Alenia Space and Spanish operator Hispasat have secured government funding to develop a geostationary payload that uses quantum technology to distribute encryption keys.
- Thales Completes Key Element of Mars Sample Return Mission European Spaceflight · 14 Dec 2024 Thales Alenia Space has completed the Orbit Insertion Module for the Earth Return Orbiter, which will ferry samples from the surface of Mars back to Earth. The Earth Return Orbiter is the European Space Agency’s main con...
- Gateway: Life in a Lunar Module NASA · 22 Oct 2024 Teams at NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and Thales Alenia Space, including astronauts Stan Love and Luca Parmitano, came together in Turin, Italy, this summer for a test run of Gateway, humanity’s first space station...
- Thales Alenia Space and Argotec win IRIDE contracts SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 MILAN – Thales Alenia Space and Argotec announced contracts Oct. 16 to supply satellites for Italy’s IRIDE Earth-observation constellation. Thales Alenia Space will contribute six radar satellites and Argotec will
- Thales to Supersize Europe’s Gateway Contribution with €164M Contract European Spaceflight · 15 Oct 2024 Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a €164 million ESA contract amendment to build a larger than originally planned ESPRIT module for NASA’s lunar Gateway space station. Europe’s contributions to Gateway were formalized...
- Gateway refuelling module gets a boost ESA · 14 Oct 2024 ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract amendment today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to extend the Lunar View refuelling module for the lunar Gateway.
- Thales Complete Key Testing Milestone for Lunar Space Station Module European Spaceflight · 9 Oct 2024 Thales Alenia Space has successfully completed a static load testing campaign for the Gateway space station’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module. When the HALO module is launched along with the Power and Prop...
- Thales Program Manager Shares Italian Lunar Habitat Details European Spaceflight · 24 Aug 2024 Thales Alenia Space Multi-Purpose Habitation module programme manager Nicola Genco has shared several key details about the planned first permanent human presence on the Moon. In 2022, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) sign...
- ESA Completes First Drop Test for Reusable Space Rider Spacecraft European Spaceflight · 5 Aug 2024 The European Space Agency has announced that it has begun drop tests for its reusable Space Rider spacecraft in Sardinia, Italy. The testing will validate the spacecraft’s recovery system and certify it as fit for flight...
- Thales Alenia Space To Lead Consortium for French DIANE Satellite Capture & Inspection Mission The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 Thales Alenia Space To Lead Consortium for French DIANE Satellite Capture & Inspection Mission
- France funds small satellite capture and inspection mission SpaceNews · 19 Jul 2024 France has awarded a Thales Alenia Space-led group a contract to capture and inspect a small satellite in a demonstration mission slated toward the end of the decade.
- Second Generation Galileo Satellite Designs Pass Critical Milestone European Spaceflight · 18 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has announced that the development of both versions of its Galileo Second Generation satellites has reached an important milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Reviews....
- ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company Commercial Cargo Program Contract The Launch Pad · 23 May 2024 ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company Commercial Cargo Program Contract
- ESA selects Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company for commercial cargo program SpaceNews · 22 May 2024 ESA has selected one of the continent’s largest space companies and one of its best-funded startups for study contracts that could lead to commercial cargo and crew vehicles.
- ESA awards contract to Thales Alenia Space to restart ExoMars SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2024 The European Space Agency awarded a contract to a consortium of companies to resume work on a Mars rover mission that was derailed two years ago by geopolitics.
- ESA Awards €522M ExoMars 2028 Contract to Thales Alenia Space European Spaceflight · 9 Apr 2024 The European Space Agency has signed a €522 million framework contract with a Thales Alenia Space-led consortium to continue the development of the agency's...
- Connecting the Dots | Europe plots constellation manufacturing powerhouse SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2024 Thales Alenia Space is laying groundwork for a small satellite factory in Italy that it hopes will be at the forefront of constellation manufacturing in Europe, bringing the continent closer to mass production capabiliti...
- Thales Alenia Space Marks Major Milestone in Space Station Construction European Spaceflight · 19 Feb 2024 Europe’s Thales Alenia Space has marked a significant milestone in the construction of the Axiom Hab One (AX-H1) commercial space station module. Thales Alenia Space is one of few companies in the world that boasts signi...
- Thales Alenia Space to supply NEO Surveyor communications equipment SpaceNews · 16 Feb 2024 Thales Alenia Space will supply NEO Surveyor’s S-band transponder, K-band modulator and K-band travelling wave tube amplifier to transmit data 1.5 million kilometers between L1 and Earth.
- Space Rider Completes Initial Ground Segment Testing European Spaceflight · 23 Dec 2023 Teams from Telespazio, ALTEC, and Thales Alenia Space have successfully completed the first ground segment tests for the European Space Agency’s reusable Space Rider spacecraft. Space Rider is an evolution of the IXV mis...
- ASI Awards Contract to Continue Development of Moon Base European Spaceflight · 24 Nov 2023 Thales Alenia Space has been awarded an Italian Space Agency (ASI) contract to continue the development of its Multi-Purpose Habitat, which the agency hopes will be the first permanent outpost on the Moon. In September 2...
- Telesat’s initial LEO constellation fully funded after manufacturer switch SpaceNews · 11 Aug 2023 Telesat has the funding to move forward with plans for a low Earth orbit broadband network after saving $2 billion by pivoting to smaller satellites from MDA following production delays at Thales Alenia Space, the Canadi...
- ESA & European Companies Agree To 2030 "Zero Debris" Agreement The Launch Pad · 27 Jun 2023 The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space, OHB, and Thales Alenia Space, have announced plans during the Paris Air Show to collaboratively establish "ambitious and meaningful targets" to address the growi...
- Indonesia’s Satria-1 deploys solar panels ahead of geostationary trip SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2023 Indonesia’s Satria-1 broadband satellite deployed its solar panels after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to geosynchronous transfer orbit over the weekend, manufacturer Thales Alenia Space said June 19.
- Italy awards $256 million contract for 2026 in-orbit servicing mission SpaceNews · 15 May 2023 Italy’s space agency has awarded local companies 235 million euros ($256 million) in pandemic relief funds for an in-orbit servicing demo in 2026, the group’s leader Thales Alenia Space announced May 15.
- Thales Alenia Space leading another ESA push to develop quantum comms SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2023 Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract to develop quantum technologies in another push by the European Space Agency to use the behavior of subatomic particles to make communications more secure.
- Thales Alenia Space studying reusable spacecraft for in-orbit manufacturing SpaceNews · 28 Dec 2022 Uncrewed rather than crewed spacecraft will be key to realizing an emerging in-orbit manufacturing industry, according to a European venture that has tasked Thales Alenia Space to develop a vehicle called REV1 for missio...
- KT SAT orders Koreasat 6A communications satellite from Thales SpaceNews · 12 Sep 2022 Thales Alenia Space said Sept. 17 it has signed a contract to deliver a communications satellite for South Korea’s KT SAT in the fourth quarter of 2024.
- Euclid moving into final phase of testing following integration milestone NASASpaceflight · 10 Apr 2022 The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid space telescope has moved closer to launch after prime contractor Thales Alenia Space mated the spacecraft’s service module and payload module. Euclid will aim to study the “dar...