Thales Alenia Space

🚀 Official Kickoff of the SOLiS Project at Thales Alenia Space in Toulouse!   Thales Alenia Space, as leader of the SOLiS project consortium, has hosted today the kick-off of SOLiS project, alongside CNES representatives and partners in our premises in Toulouse.   Called #SOLiS — for Service Optique de Liaisons Spatiales Sécurisées (secure optical space link service) — this project aims to demonstrate the efficiency of an optical communications service relying on geostationary satellites.   Such a service is designed to make intercontinental networks more resilient at a time when there is a growing number of acts of sabotage targeting land and undersea optical fiber links. Geostationary satellites offer an effective and cost-effective solution for ultra-secure transfers of large amounts of data between two users on Earth, delivering very high data rates of up to one terabit per second despite distances and atmospheric disturbances.   SOLiS harnesses technologies developed through the government-backed Optical Communications (CO-OP) project led by CNES, and draws on the outcomes of demonstrations delivered for the #VERTIGO project funded by the European Commission.   This bold project will put manufacturers — large primes, mid-tier firms, SMEs, and startups — at the forefront in space communications for the 2030s as they strive to address the challenges of security, resilience, fast data rates, and multi-orbit interoperability.   Best wishes to all people involved as they embark on this audacious project, including Thales Alenia Space teams from Toulouse, Cannes and Zurich facilities!   🛰️ Eager to know more about SOLiS? Read the full story ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e6KvzUku   Thales Alenia Space Leonardo CNES European Commission Free Space Optics (FSO) from CableFree Safran Bertin Technologies Exail Keopsys by LUMIBIRD CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES OGS Technologies Reuniwatt ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab Alcino De Sousa Christophe Valorge Nicolas CHANTRENNE Jean-Phillippe Taisant Frederic Lacoste didier Leboulch Cyrille Laborde

Space is about Technology Space is about Innovation Space is about Protection Space is about People #SpaceSmartFactory by Thales Alenia Space – Enjoy our video! Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Thales Leonardo #SpaceForLife

Thales Alenia Space inaugurates state-of-the-art Space Smart Factory: https://lnkd.in/d-t_bjyY   One of Europe’s smartest, digital and reconfigurable manufacturing facilities, located in Rome, Italy.   President of Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella Palazzo del Quirinale Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Thales Leonardo Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy   Adolfo Urso Teodoro Valente Stefano Pontecorvo Roberto Cingolani Philippe Keryer Massimo C Comparini Herve DERREY Giampiero Di Paolo   #SpaceSmartFactory #spaceforlife

🚀 Countdown has begun — our Space Smart Factory by Thales Alenia Space is almost ready. D-1 before inauguration! Stay tuned and watch this stunning video. Enjoy! Agenzia Spaziale Italiana | Thales | Leonardo #SpaceforLife #SpaceSmartFactory

The European Deep Space Antenna Alliance (E-DSA²) formed by Thales Alenia Space, Schwartz Hautmont and mtex antenna technology, celebrated the inauguration of the European Space Agency’s NNO-3 deep space antenna masterpiece for the New Norcia ground station near Perth, Australia, on October 4. NNO-3 is part of ESA’s ESTRACK global network of ground stations.   Read more on our press release to get additional insights: https://lnkd.in/dMSJJnwm   Thales Leonardo European Space Agency - ESA European Deep Space Antenna Schwartz- Hautmont Construcciones Metálicas S.A. mtex antenna technology Josef Aschbacher Enrico Palermo Rolf Densing Stephen Dawson Sabine Winton MLA Nicolas Dubyk Shahrzad Larger Yassine Turki Thierry Bizet Sophie Roux Antonio Aldecoa Jose Maria Sans Steffen Seubert #SpaceForLife

Thales Alenia Space and European Space Agency sign contract for SAGA mission to demonstrate Europe’s first Quantum Key Distribution governmental service: https://lnkd.in/dq4dajYF European Space Agency - ESA ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications Agenzia Spaziale Italiana German Aerospace Center (DLR) Austrian Space Agency Spanish Space Agency NSO - Netherlands Space Office CNES Swiss Space Agency Thales Leonardo Laurent Jaffart Herve DERREY Giampiero Di Paolo Alcino De Sousa Christophe Valorge Antonio Sturiale #SpaceForLife #SAGA #Telecommunications #Quantum

Yannick COMBET, Stratobus Program Director, took part this morning in a roundtable organized by the Association of Professional Aerospace Journalists (AJPAE) dedicated to High Altitude Pseudo Satellites. This event represented a huge opportunity to highlight our highly innovative #Stratobus, which combines the flexibility and autonomy of drones with the coverage and performance of satellites. Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for Stratobus, an autonomous multi-mission stratospheric airship embodying the missing link between drones and satellites. Designed to undertake regional civil and military telecommunications, navigation, and Earth observation missions, the Stratobus airship operates at an altitude of 20 kilometers — safely above regular air traffic and jet streams. There are many applications enabled by Stratobus, including environmental monitoring, broadband and 5G telecommunications, border and maritime surveillance, monitoring of high-value sites, and many more. Powered by solar energy, it can perform extended missions of up to a year above any kind of zone such as seas, deserts, mountains, or rainforests without any need for local ground infrastructure. It features numerous breakthrough technologies including a highly resistant envelope material, lightweight solar arrays and batteries, and a specific flight management system, to name a few. The airship doesn't require any launcher. It could meet the requirements of armed forces and civil security agencies, for instance by providing constant surveillance of a predefined regional coverage zone. Stratobus is part of the French MoD's strategy for very high altitude operations. These high-altitude platforms are becoming a real asset in the context of high-intensity conflicts on Europe's doorstep. Our company, together with its partners, is working on the manufacturing of two 60-meter demonstrators that will fly by 2028. The manufacturing and integration of Stratobus will take place at the Istres aerial base 125 (BA 125), with support from local authorities (Région Sud, Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area, city of Istres, BA 125). Thales Leonardo Ministère des Armées DGA - Direction générale de l'armement - European Commission AJPAE - Association des Journalistes Professionnels de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace Olivier James Daniel Chrétien Olga Nedbaeva Thierry VIGOUREUX Tim Hepher Anne Bauer Antoine MEUNIER Michel CHEVALET Christine CHAPEL Véronique GUILLERMARD Hassan Meddah Albertina Torsoli Thierry Dubois Mathieu Simonnet Delphine Knab Catherine DES ARCIS Laura Fau

Thales Alenia Space is taking off for the 76th International Astronautical Congress held this year in Sydney, Australia. This yearly event is the place to be for the global space community which comes together to discover the latest advancements and most innovative trends and academic research, enabling connections and partnerships. At this occasion, Thales Alenia Space will be showcasing its latest technologies in #spaceexploration, #EarthObservation, satellite #navigation and #telecommunications at its booth but also make presentations at specific panels and technical sessions. From Earth to the Moon, Mars and beyond, a world of fantastic missions awaits you at our booth! #IAC2025 Thales Leonardo Herve DERREY Giampiero Di Paolo Laura Berneri Roberto Angelini Giorgio Vincenzo Roberto Provera Didier DELMAS Maria Antonietta Perino Annamaria Nassisi ANNAMARIA PIRAS Catherine Blondeel Cesare Lobascio Eleonora Zeminiani Simone Proietti Luca Simonini Raphael Boissonnade Lucy Blythe

We were delighted to welcome today at our Cannes facility representatives of the European Space Agency - ESA’s team working with us on the LEO Cargo Return Service (LCRS), including LCRS Project Manager and Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The visit was an excellent opportunity to review the status of the project in depth, and to exchange on how to further empower Europe’s ambitions in space exploration. In this framework, ESA experts, together with our experienced professionals and the new generation of engineers from #Turin and #Cannes, are working hand in hand to design and develop the future of Europe’s cargo and transportation vehicles 🇪🇺. Our passionate teams 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 are more committed than ever to delivering a reliable solution, building on the company’s proud legacy as a key contributor to major international human spaceflight missions 👩🚀🧑🚀. #LeoCargoReturnService #spaceforlife Daniel Neuenschwander Giampiero Di Paolo Roberto Angelini Bertrand Denis Philippe Pelouas Gianluca Passarelli Anthea Evelina Comellini Thales Leonardo