The 2015 Paris Air Show provided Thales Alenia Space an excellent opportunity to review its globally recognized expertise in very-high-resolution radar and optical observation systems, and to emphasize its new products: Earth Observer Optical, Earth Observer Radar, Com...
During the 2015 Paris Air Show, Thales Alenia Space introduced its new products (Spacebus NEO, flexible payloads), and emphasized its telecom expertise and major achievements in satellite constellations.
Thales Alenia Space is prime contractor for the Sentinel-1 and -3 missions (each including 2 satellites), and also provides the ground segment on the second mission, and two instruments for Sentinel-6.
Three satellites dedicated to the climate and the environment will be launched this year, all built by Thales Alenia Space: MSG-4, Jason-3 and Sentinel 3A.
The Jason-3 operational oceanographic satellite left Thales Alenia Space's Cannes plant on June 17th 2015 and arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base space center in California on June 18th.
ExoMars is a space exploration program that aims to discover any traces of Life on Mars. Thales Alenia Space is prime contractor on the ExoMars missions, that will generate a mother lode of data, feeding researchers for many years to come!
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Shipped from Thales Alenia Space's Cannes plant, MSG-4, the fourth and last Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) weather satellite, arrived at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on April 29th.
Built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, on behalf of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications, the satellite was successfully launched on April 27th 2015.