CategorySpace
Overview
European satellite manufacturer. Telecommunications, navigation, and Earth observation satellites. Joint venture of Thales and Leonardo.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Backerssee investors →
Scale
ExoMars rover prime work
Lunar rover communications
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Thales Alenia Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint132 total
Most recent
Thales Alenia Space on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Herve Derrey CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Thales Alenia Space.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Thales Alenia Space in third-party press
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Thales Alenia Space.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Thales Alenia Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint132 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Thales Alenia Space.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Thales Alenia Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Canadian MDA Space Secures €64 Million IRIS2 Antenna Agreement
Canadian space technology company MDA Space has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space to begin work on digital antennas for the first 66 satellites of the European Union’s…
MDA Space to Build Antenna Subsystems for 66 IRIS² LEO Satellites
Canadian manufacturer MDA Space will supply digital antenna subsystems for 66 IRIS² Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, under a new contract with Thales Alenia Space announced…
Airbus and Thales Contracted for 2 Galileo Satellites Each
The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded contracts this week to both Airbus and Thales Alenia Space contracts to build two additional Galileo satellites each to enhance the Galileo…
METLEN, Thales Alenia Space, and Thales Hellas Partner for Greece’s Defense Satellite Communications System
On October 12, 2026, Greek industrial conglomerate METLEN Energy & Metals, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, and Thales Hellas executed a Memorandum of Understanding…
Thales Alenia Space-Built Copernicus Sentinel-3C and Earth Explorer FLEX Satellites Successfully Launch to Advance Climate and Ecosystem Monitoring
(IN BRIEF) Thales Alenia Space has successfully launched the Copernicus Sentinel-3C and ESA Earth Explorer FLEX satellites aboard a Vega C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French…
Thales Alenia Space Wins NIGCOMSAT Contract to Build NigComSat-2A Geostationary Satellite for Expanded Digital Connectivity Across Africa
(IN BRIEF) Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Nigerian government-owned NIGCOMSAT Ltd to develop NigComSat-2A, a new geostationary telecommunications satellite…
Thales Alenia Space Secures €500 Million Initial Tranche to Manufacture Digital Payloads for 330 IRIS² LEO Satellites
On Thursday, September 10, 2026, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space—a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%)—announced the signing of a Letter of Agreement…
Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space Secure €5.4 Billion in IRIS2 Contracts
Aerospacelab and Thales Alenia Space have secured IRIS2 contracts expected to total more than €5.4 billion, covering satellite platforms and communications payloads for the…
Airbus and Thales win order for SpainSat replacement
Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space will build a replacement military communications satellite for Spain as they, along with Leonardo, continue efforts on a space…
Thales-led Team Develops Trustworthy PNT for Autonomous Drones
European Commission selects Thales Alenia Space to lead landmark orbital servicing mission
Thales Alenia Space to coordinate EROSS SC On-Orbit Servicing project
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/thales-alenia-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/thales-alenia-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c97547c9-679c-4473-b3dd-01ef3338c3d9
- Revision history: /companies/thales-alenia-space/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Thales Alenia Space draws attention at the 44th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026