We are kicking off the New Year with hope for the future. Today, Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with the European Space Agency to develop ESPRIT (European System Providing Refueling, Infrastructure and Telecommunications) for the upcoming lunar space station, Ga...
Solar Orbiter will eventually be Walking on Sunshine, but for the moment, it’s attracted by the siren song, " I'm your Venus, I'm your fire”. It will shortly reach Venus to perform its first flyby of five around the shiniest planet in the Solar System!
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It is with a sense of emotion and great pride that Thales Alenia Space’s Belgian teams have delivered the last pieces of equipment to ArianeGroup for the Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
The International Space Station, the most extensive scientific collaboration in history for peaceful purposes, is celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary. Since the launch of the first module on November 20, 1998, it has taught us that when countries work together a...
Thales Alenia Space has just delivered a Ka-band transponder (KaT) to the European Space Agency (ESA) for integration in the 3GM, or Gravity & Geophysics of Jupiter and Galilean Moons radio package.
While the ExoMars* program may seem like science fiction to some of you, it’s about to head for the planet Mars on its second mission. The entire spacecraft, comprising the carrier and descent modules, the landing platform and ESA’s new rover, is scheduled for a 2022 l...
If you’ve ever seen a rocket launch, you’ve undoubtedly been struck by the tremendous noise it generates – even when you’re a couple kilometers away. Now imagine the satellite sitting on top of the launcher and how much noise it’s exposed to!
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