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Thales Alenia Space is the company born after Thales
Thales Group

The Thales Group is a French electronics company delivering information technology and services for the Aerospace, defence , and Security markets....
 had bought the participation of Alcatel in the two joint-ventures between Alcatel and Finmeccanica
Finmeccanica

Finmeccanica S.p.A. is an Italy list of conglomerates. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy....
, Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio
Telespazio

Telespazio is a space systems services company, based in Rome, Italy. Telespazio was founded in 1961; however the company as it exists today was formed on July 1 2005 with the merger of the original Telespazio with the space services division of Alcatel....
.

lcatel Alenia Space was established on 2005-06-01 by the merger of Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio and was owned by Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data and video services....
 (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%). The company was Europe's largest satellite
Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
 manufacturer.






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Thales Alenia Space is the company born after Thales
Thales Group

The Thales Group is a French electronics company delivering information technology and services for the Aerospace, defence , and Security markets....
 had bought the participation of Alcatel in the two joint-ventures between Alcatel and Finmeccanica
Finmeccanica

Finmeccanica S.p.A. is an Italy list of conglomerates. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy....
, Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio
Telespazio

Telespazio is a space systems services company, based in Rome, Italy. Telespazio was founded in 1961; however the company as it exists today was formed on July 1 2005 with the merger of the original Telespazio with the space services division of Alcatel....
.

History

Alcatel Alenia Space was established on 2005-06-01 by the merger of Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio and was owned by Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data and video services....
 (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%). The company was Europe's largest satellite
Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
 manufacturer. It built large scientific modules for the International Space Station
International Space Station

The International Space Station is a research facility Assembly of the International Space Station in outer space. On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998, and is scheduled to be complete by 2011, with operations continuing until around 2015....
, notably the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module

A Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is a large pressurized container used on Space Shuttle missions to transfer cargo to and from the International Space Station ....
s and Columbus
Columbus (ISS module)

Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Space Agency ....
.

The creation of the company was concurrent with the creation of Telespazio Holding
Telespazio

Telespazio is a space systems services company, based in Rome, Italy. Telespazio was founded in 1961; however the company as it exists today was formed on July 1 2005 with the merger of the original Telespazio with the space services division of Alcatel....
. This too was a merger of Finmeccanica and Alcatel businesses (Telespazio and Alcatel's Space Services and Operations respectively).

On 2006-04-05 Alcatel agreed to sell its share of Alcatel Alenia Space (and its 33% share of Telespazio) to Thales Group
Thales Group

The Thales Group is a French electronics company delivering information technology and services for the Aerospace, defence , and Security markets....
.

The European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 agreed in this financial operation on April 10, 2007.

Locations

In 2007, had 7200 employees in 13 industrial sites located in five countries (France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and USA):

  • Cannes
    Cannes

    Cannes is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in the region of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur in southeastern France. It is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera....
    , France, hosting also the headquarter in the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center
    Cannes Mandelieu Space Center

    The Cannes Mandelieu Space Center is an industrial plant dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing, located on both towns of Cannes and Mandelieu in France....
  • L'Aquila
    L'Aquila

    L'Aquila is a city in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. It has a population of 72,913 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people to study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism....
    , Italy
  • Colombes
    Colombes

    Colombes is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
    , France
  • Florence
    Florence

    Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
    , Italy
  • Milan
    Milan

    Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
    , Italy
  • Rome
    Rome

    Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
     (Saccomuro), Italy
  • Rome (Tiburtina), Italy
  • Turin
    Turín

    Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
    , Italy
  • Toulouse
    Toulouse

    Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....
    , France
  • Hoboken
    Antwerp

    ||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
    , Belgium
  • Charleroi
    Charleroi

    Charleroi is the largest city and Municipalities in Belgium of Wallonia, located in the Provinces of Belgium of Hainaut , Belgium. On 1 January 2008, Charleroi had a total population of 201,593....
    , Belgium
  • Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    (Tres Cantos), Spain
  • Cupertino, California


Executive Board

Current CEO is Reynald Seznec since June 2008, replacing Pascale Sourisse.

See also

  • Cannes Mandelieu Space Center
    Cannes Mandelieu Space Center

    The Cannes Mandelieu Space Center is an industrial plant dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing, located on both towns of Cannes and Mandelieu in France....

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