Thales Alenia Space
Satellite Communications · Satellite Manufacturing
$76.1Mraised in 143 rounds
5000+people
44stories in the press
2007founded
Overview
Thales Alenia Space is a European satellite manufacturer formed in 2007 as a joint venture between Thales and the Italian group Leonardo, and one of the largest space companies on the continent. It builds telecommunications satellites, Earth observation spacecraft including much of the European Copernicus programme, navigation payloads, and pressurised modules that make up a substantial share of the habitable volume of the International Space Station. Headquartered in Cannes with major sites across France, Italy, Spain and Belgium, the company has been reorganising around smaller, faster and software-defined satellites as the market shifts toward constellations.
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Hiring Momentum
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Financials
Total raised
$76.1M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
143
Funding rounds
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| Grant | 2026 | $656k | Details |
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| Grant | 2025 | $1.1M | Details |
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| Grant | 2018 | $1.4M | Details |
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| Grant | 2014 | $5.4k | Details |
People
Herve Derrey
Chief Executive Officer
Herve Derrey leads Thales Alenia Space as chief executive. He joined Thales in 1993 and previously served as the space company's chief financial officer and head of its observation business.
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Products
ExoMars
The company is prime contractor for the European ExoMars programme including the Rosalind Franklin rover. It covers spacecraft, descent module and surface platform integration.
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Space Station Modules
Thales Alenia Space has built a large share of the pressurised volume of the International Space Station, including the Cupola and several logistics modules. It is also contracted for commercial station modules.
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Copernicus Sentinel Satellites
The company builds several of the Sentinel spacecraft in the European Union's Copernicus Earth observation programme. They supply climate, land and ocean monitoring data.
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Spacebus NEO
Spacebus NEO is the all-electric telecommunications satellite platform. Electric propulsion cuts launch mass substantially compared with chemical designs.
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Space Inspire
Space Inspire is the software-defined telecommunications satellite line that can be reconfigured in orbit. It is the company's answer to shifting demand patterns over a spacecraft's lifetime.
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Tech stack
The technologies known for Thales Alenia Space, by layer.
Languages
Python
C++
Java
SQL
JavaScript
Bash
TypeScript
C#
Frameworks & libraries
Angular
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
LangChain
React.js
TensorFlow
Room
Databases
PostgreSQL
MySQL
ElasticSearch
Oracle
MS SQL
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes
GCP
AWS
Azure
GitLab
Grafana
VMWare
Power BI
Developer tools
Docker
Terraform
Ansible
Git
Jenkins
Prometheus
Helm
Rest API
AI & ML
LLM
Practices & domains
CI/CD
SLI/SLO/SLA
IAM
AI Agents
RAG
GitOps
Incident Management
Platform Engineering
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News
CHIME, the Copernicus hyperspectral mission enabling operational global imaging spectroscopy
The Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment (CHIME) is advancing its development to be ready for launch. CHIME will provide routine hyperspectral observations from space across…
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Earth observation satellites Copernicus Sentinel-3C and Earth Explorer FLEX successfully launched
Two satellites, one mission: protecting our planet Kourou, French Guiana, September 15, 2026 - The Copernicus Sentinel-3C and Earth Explorer FLEX satellites, for which Thales Alenia Space - the…
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Thales Alenia Space wins NIGCOMSAT contract to build NigComSat-2A geostationary telecommunications satellite
Cannes, September 14th, 2026 - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with Nigeria's government-owned NIGCOMSAT Ltd to develop a new…
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Thales Alenia Space to provide digital and secure payloads for 330 IRIS2 telecommunications satellites in Low Earth Orbit
Cannes, September 10th, 2026 - Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces today it has signed a Letter of Agreement with Eutelsat to provide the…
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Second Imaging Satellite in the Meteosat Third Generation fleet successfully launched
A European Constellation at the Forefront of Weather Forecasting Kourou, August 27, 2026 - The MTG-I2 weather satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between…
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MTG-I2 in the starting blocks!
MTG-I2 being encapsulated 2026 ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE-ArianeGroup / Optique Vidéo de CSG - S MARTIN On August 27, the second imaging satellite in the…
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Hisdesat strengthens the strategic capabilities of Spain's Ministry of Defence with SpainSat NG III
The industrial agreement with Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space completes the SPAINSAT NG Programme, the new generation of satellites that will ensure strategic communications for the…
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Thales Alenia Space To Build Italy's Newest Hyperspectral Satellite Aviation Week
Thales Alenia Space will build Italy's next-generation Prisma hyperspectral Earth observation satellite for launch in 2031.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Cannes
France
HQ
5000+ est. staff