Thales Alenia Space, a privately owned company headquartered in France, was founded in 2007 and employs approximately 6,980 individuals. The company specializes in aviation and aerospace component manufacturing, functioning as a joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo. It delivers cost-effective solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental management, exploration, science, and orbital infrastructures.
On July 8, 2026, Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced it secured a contract with Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company. Under the agreement, Thales Alenia Space will develop a new generation software-defined telecommunications satellite, based on its Space INSPIRE (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) platform, for deployment in geostationary orbit. This announcement follows earlier reports of the contract signing on July 1, July 2, and July 3, 2026.
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Thales Alenia Space offers products in the connectivity and cloud industry. Thales Alenia Space's product portfolio comprises of enterprise connectivity services.
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Thales Alenia Space's customers primarily consist of media and TV services, government Administration and enterprise connectivity services companies. Examples of Thales Alenia Space's customers include Sky Perfect JSAT Group, Intelsat and Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia. Thales Alenia Space has partners like SES Satellites.
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