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Solar Orbiter en route to the Sun… via Venus!

23 Dec 2020

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!

Thales Alenia Space delivers the high gain antenna for the Euclid space telescope

10 Dec 2020

Madrid, December 10, 2020 - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has delivered the K-band high gain antenna to be integrated with the rest of the Euclid satellite in its plant in Turin. Thales Alenia Space in Spain is responsible for the deep space communications system, which comprises the communications panel delivered in 2019 and the high gain antenna, built by Thales Alenia Space in Rome. Thales Alenia Space in Italy is the satellite prime contractor of the Euclid mission and also responsible for the service module while Airbus in France as main industrial partner is developing the instrument.

Exploring the universe’s ultimate secrets

11 Dec 2019

The European Space Agency’s Euclid deep space probe telescopic satellite, with Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, will map billions of galaxies to unlock the mysteries of the universe.