CORE BUSINESS
Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures.
Thales Alenia Space Luxembourg is a Digital Competence Center dedicated to space activities.
Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth. #SPACEFORLIFE
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Thales Alenia Space Luxembourg develops state-of-the-art digital solutions for all space domains. We leverage big data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity technologies to address complex end-to-end systems’ challenges, while fostering UI/UX excellence. Our expertise covers innovative design and implementation approaches with customers, minimum viable products development, design and development of key digital building blocks of space systems, rollout and operations of solutions, experimentation of new technologies and concepts. Our current projects encompass Digital Twins, Secured Digital Platforms for Earth Observation, Data Valorisation engines and others.
TECHNICAL MEANS
A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space also teams up with Telespazio to form the parent companies’ Space Alliance, which offers a complete range of services. We are present in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US. Thales Alenia Space Luxembourg is built and organized after the model, working environment, and proven practices of Thales Digital Factory. Our development environment is cloud native and Software as a Service oriented.
MAIN CUSTOMERS
Thales Alenia Space Luxembourg serves customers and partners in Luxembourg, Europe and world-wide with the support of the Business Lines of Thales and Thales Alenia Space. Our solutions address all space market segments, including telecommunications, observation, exploration and navigation. Governments, institutions and private industry alike count on Thales Alenia Space to design satellite-based systems that provide anytime, anywhere connections and positioning, monitor our planet, enhance management of its resources, and explore our Solar System and beyond.
MAJOR SPACE PROJECTS
Some of the programs in which our company is deeply involved:
→ Environmental projects based on Earth Observation such as the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (Copernicus) program; Meteorology such as and the PUMA meteorological stations;
→ Altimetry instruments for ocean and inland water bodies level measurement;
→ Defense, with major programmes such as the French Syracuse and the Italian Sicral telecommunication satellites; and very-high-resolution instruments on French intelligence satellites, COSMO-SkyMed and SAR-Lupe;
→ Navigation, with forefront geolocation solutions in Europe, as the prime contractor for EGNOS, in charge of producing this navigation overlay system. Thales Alenia Space is also a key partner on Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system as prime contractor for the system and its Ground Mission Segment.
