Thales Alenia Space @ Satellite 2018

“Space becomes Digital”:
Forty satellites in this constellation are already in orbit, and the next launch is slated for the end of the month. Thales Alenia Space rose to the challenge of supplying a complete turnkey system, a next-generation Iridium that would be fully compatible with the first generation of Iridium satellites already in orbit. This was clearly a feat of technical and organizational prowess.
Any time, any place connectivity, on land, at sea, in the air

BlackSky: a new angle on Earth observation
It’s official! On March 13, Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and Spaceflight Industries finalized their alliance. They will be producing 60 small Earth observation satellites, while also delivering innovative geospatial services. Thales Alenia Space and the American company Spaceflight Industries have created a 50/50 joint venture called LeoStella LLC. According to Jean-Loïc Galle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Thales Alenia Space, “This joint venture, combining Spaceflight Industries’ high-tech platform design with Thales Alenia Space’s industrial expertise in telecom constellations, will offer production capacity exceeding the needs of the BlackSky system. Our partnership reflects the transformation strategy being applied by Thales Alenia Space to address the ‘new space’ environment, and allows us to stake out a position as a major manufacturer in the market segment for small observation satellites featuring high revisit rates in both Europe and the United States.” BlackSky offers a digital platform for access to space data, whose approach is perfectly in line with Thales's strategy in terms of data management and Artificial Intelligence.
Digital Space by Thales Alenia Space
In today’s fiercely competitive satellite market, manufacturers have to produce more, faster and cheaper! New technologies have become the inescapable drivers to increase satellite production within a fast-evolving market. The Factory of the Future concept aims to introduce these state-of-the-art, cost-competitive technologies into the production process, as a full-fledged part of the company’s digital transformation. Additive manufacturing, robots and cobots, Factory 4.0, virtual and augmented reality, digital twins, artificial intelligence… These and other futuristic concepts are already in place, showing that innovation is not just the latest trendy word, but really comes into its own at Thales Alenia Space. Visitors were able to see this for themselves at Satellite 2018 in Washington, D.C.!
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