Telecommunications satellites

SES Adds Third Satellite from Thales Alenia Space to Extend Services across Europe, Africa and Asia

28 Mar 2022

Luxembourg, 28 March 2022 鈥� SES announced today it has ordered SES-26 a fully software-defined geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %). SES-26 will maintain and expand the wide range of content delivery and connectivity services to broadcasters, media companies, telco operators, internet service providers and governmental organisations across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

Meet Drashti Shah, Propulsion Systems Engineer at Thales Alenia Space in the UK

11 Mar 2022

Interview broadcast for International Women's Day 2022

Meet B茅rang猫re Bergogne, Program Manager for communications satellites

08 Mar 2022

Interview broadcast for International Women's Day 2022.

Happy Birthday Iridium NEXT

14 Jan 2022

Five years ago, on January 14, 2017, under sunny Californian skies, the first ten Iridium NEXT satellites were sent aloft from Vandenberg Air Force Base (now called Vandenberg Space Force Base).

Thales Alenia Space to build state-of-the-art Intelsat 41 and Intelsat 44

12 Jan 2022

Cannes, January 12, 2022 鈥� Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a contract with Intelsat to deliver two Space Inspire software defined satellites, Intelsat 41 (IS-41) and Intelsat 44 (IS-44).

Thales Alenia Space to build state-of-the-art ASTRA 1P and ASTRA 1Q satellites for SES

18 Nov 2021

Cannes, November 18, 2021 鈥� Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a contract with SES to deliver 2 Ku-band geostationary satellites, ASTRA 1P and ASTRA 1Q to serve SES鈥檚 major European broadcasters鈥� content distribution operations as well as deliver connectivity services over Europe at 19.2掳E.

Two communications satellites built by Thales Alenia Space now in orbit

24 Oct 2021

Cannes, October 24, 2021 鈥� The Syracuse 4A and SES-17 communications satellites built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have been successfully launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center, Europe鈥檚 Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

SES-17 satellite has arrived in French Guyana

23 Sep 2021

SES-17 telecommunications satellite left Thales Alenia Space鈥檚 clean rooms of Cannes on September 22nd, and has just reached Europe鈥檚 spaceport, in French Guiana. The satellite is scheduled for launch on October 22nd, where it will be orbited by Arianespace jointly with another Thales Alenia Space-built satellite: Syracuse 4A.

Meet Alexandra Chosson, Ground control & Operations Manager at Thales Alenia Space

23 Jun 2021

Portrait realized in the frame of the 2021 International Women in Engineering Day.

SATRIA Indonesian telecommunication satellite activities will start up

03 Sep 2020

Jakarta/Toulouse September 3, 2020 鈥� Satelit Nusantara Tiga (SNT) and Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announce today the signature of a Preliminary Work Agreement to start the activities of the broadband telecommunication satellite SATRIA.