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THALES ALENIA SPACE

COMPANY PROFILE SPACE FOR LIFE

We believe in Space as humankind’s new horizon to build a better, sustainable Life on Earth.

In Space, governments, institutions and companies rely on us to design, operate and deliver satellite-based systems that help them position and connect anyone or anything, everywhere, to observe our planet and to optimize the use of the resources offered by the Earth and the solar system.

2 • • 3 LOCATIONS 17 SITES WORLDWIDE

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, SEATTLE , Earth Observation, environmental management, USA (Leostella JV) exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. BELFAST

Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers HARWELL

BRISTOL (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications HASSELT LEUVEN operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

We also team up with to form the parent companies’ GORGONZOLA TOULOUSE Space Alliance, which offers a complete range of solutions including L’AQUILA services. We are willing to have a win-win approach shared both with our partners and customers.

And yet, we had the privilege to manage world-class space missions all over the world and won several awards, among them the Randstad Golden Awards recognizing Thales Alenia Space as one of the most attractive companies in .

SCIENCE & SATELLITES OF TURKMENISTAN MILITARY SATELLITE EXPLORATION  COMMUNICATIONS EUROPEAN SPACE PT TELKOM INDONESIA ASI: / EUROPEAN BRAZIL RSCC: RUSSIAN AGENCY UNION SATELLITE CNES: FRENCH SPACE FRENCH GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AGENCY CORPORATION ITALIAN GOVERNMENT THALES ALENIA SPACE AROUND ITALY ESA: EUROPEAN SPACE SES GLOBAL MOROCCAN AGENCY POSTED CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TELEBRAS BRAZIL ESTEC: EUROPEAN REVENUES OF NPO LAVOCHKIN YAHSAT UNITED ARAB SPACE RESEARCH & EMIRATES NAVIGATION BILLION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE 8,000 EUROPEAN GLOBAL EUROS TELECOM OPERATORS  EMPLOYEES NASA NAVIGATION SATELLITE SATELLITE RUSSIAN FEDERAL ARABSAT SYSTEMS AGENCY IN 2018 IN NINE COUNTRIES CONSTELLATION 2.5 SPACE AGENCY AVANTI OPERATORS EUROPEAN SPACE UK SPACE AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY / EUROPEAN CLS UNION KOREA OBSERVATION, IRIDIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE METEOROLOGY & INDOSAT INDONESIA ENVIRONMENTAL LEOSAT MONITORING  SES SATELLITE ISS-RESHETNEV INTEGRATORS CNES TELESAT CANADA ESTEC: EUROPEAN KOREA TELECOM AIRBUS DEFENSE & SPACE SPACE RESEARCH AND MINISTRY OF BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGY CENTRE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES EUMETSAT: EUROPEAN MAXAR ORGANISATION FOR MINISTRY OF MITSUBISHI THE EXPLOITATION OF TRANSPORTATION & METEOROLOGICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS

4 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 5 SPACE TO CONNECT P.7

SPACE TO SECURE & DEFEND P.11

SPACE TO OBSERVE & PROTECT P.14

SPACE TO EXPLORE P.16 SPACE TO CONNECT

SPACE BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND CONNECTING PEOPLE ANYWHERE, TO TRAVEL & NAVIGATE P.20 ANYTIME.

Today, citizens want to be connected anywhere and anytime; people want to have access to more and more content at any given moment; and we want to eliminate all shadow zones and bridge the digital divide to ensure connectivity anywhere in the world. Satellite communications systems, especially the digital variety, are undoubtedly the best solution to meet the DIGITAL requirements of a fast changing and fiercely competitive market. TRANSFORMATION & INNOVATION P.23

THALES ALENIA SPACE • 7 At the forefront of high capacity, agility and very high throughput competitiveness, allowing satellite solutions operators to adapt distribution across their coverage zone at Satellite systems, especially any given moment. In other the latest digital models, words, this type of payload are clearly the best way to addresses the changing needs address the requirements of of operators throughout a the fast-changing and highly VHTS payload + Electric propulsion means typical telecommunications competitive telecom market. Neo a drastic reduction in satellite satellite mission’s lifetime. launch weight. The lower New market segments are platform: a very also emerging, especially To mention a few, we will the weight of the platform, aeronautical and maritime provide Eutelsat’s dynamic duo of course, the more payload communications, driving KONNECT VHTS, featuring it can carry. Lightweight, Spacebus Neo is the new a boom in connectivity a powerful digital processor robust, modular and family of satellite platforms requirements. The very high powerful, our Spacebus Neo to enable the quick from Thales Alenia Space for throughput satellite (VHTS) platforms perfectly meet our deployment of high-speed geostationary communications solutions spearheaded by customers’ expectations for Internet access in areas satellites. All Spacebus Neo Thales Alenia Space are competitiveness, flexibility that are isolated or have digital, to offer tremendous platforms now feature and multi-launcher compatibility. low population density. flexibility. This type of system all-electric propulsion and The VHTS payload matched We are also manufacturing was first developed for military combine higher performance, to the all-electric Spacebus Neo telecom applications and telecommunications satellites, greater robustness, modular platform makes for a very more recently transitioned such as SES-17 or Inmarsat GX5, design and higher power. dynamic duo. to the commercial market. offering connectivity services Digital VHTS systems combine for aviation passengers.

8 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 9 Thales Alenia Space, preferred partner in low and SPACE TO SECURE AND DEFEND the global benchmark medium Earth orbit (LEO and MEO) in communications systems. The Iridium® NEXT constellations constellation is recognized as the highest performance With 125 satellites built 125 telecommunications system in SATELLITES as prime contractor for the world. We’re ready and FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY, TURKEY, BRAZIL AND MORE TRUST BUILT AS PRIME three different constellations willing to meet new challenges CONTRACTOR (Globalstar 2, and and build the communications US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ELEMENTS FROM OUR BRAND FOR 3 Iridium® NEXT), Thales Alenia constellations that will define OFFER OF DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VERY HIGH CONSTELLATIONS Space is clearly the world’s the future. RESOLUTION OPTICAL OR RADAR INSTRUMENTS, GROUND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND TESTING & INTEGRATION CENTERS.

10 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 11 Surveillance & Observation for field intelligence

A complete range of optical and radar observation systems

Intelligence, maritime surveillance, mapping, crisis management… Space-based systems give users, especially governments, access to a wide range of applications to guarantee their security and sovereignty. A number of countries have indicated a keen interest in acquiring space systems capable of independently supplying them with intelligence images. Thales Alenia Space, offering both optical and radar very-high-resolution instruments, Secured communications draws on over 30 years of for armed forces experience to propose a complete range of observation Thales Alenia Space has supplied systems designed to meet market military telecommunications expectations. For instance, systems as prime contractor for Thales Alenia Space is more than 30 years now. We are prime contractor for Italy’s the exclusive domestic supplier COSMO-SkyMed radar-based in France, with four generations Earth Observation system. of Syracuse satellites, as well We also built Turkey’s Earth as providing two Sicral first- Observation satellite, including generation satellites plus the its high-resolution instrument. second-generation Sicral 2 for Thales Alenia Space has been the Italian defense ministry, the exclusive supplier of all very- Athena-Fidus for military high-resolution optical instruments and dual (civil-military) for French intelligence satellites, A telecommunications for France including Pleiades, Helios and Moreover, Thales Alenia Space 30- and Italy, and two Satcom BW CSO. In 2018, we were chosen and the American startup satellites for Germany. Through by South Korea to supply four Spaceflight Industries have YEAR Athena-Fidus and Sicral 2, Earth observation satellites with created LeoStella LCC, an Thales Alenia Space is at the synthetic aperture radars (SAR). equally-owned joint venture fully heart of European defense Today, drawing on our unrivaled reflecting the needs of the New EXPERTISE collaboration. Thales Alenia expertise in optical and radar Space environment. Their aim is IN RADAR Space has also exported products technologies, we are developing to deploy the first constellation AND OPTICAL reflecting its dual telecom system brand-new Earth Observation featuring short revisit times, SOLUTIONS expertise to Turkey, Brazil and products, including high revisit comprising 60 high-resolution South Korea. solutions. optical satellites.

12 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 13 17 NUMBER OF SATELLITES TO BE BUILT BY THALES ALENIA SPACE AS PRIME CONTRACTOR SPACE TO OBSERVE & PROTECT Exploring Space from Space

The Space Alliance (between Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio) BY PROVIDING EXPERTS WITH Environmental Thales Alenia Space is major meteorology, mapping, crisis recently acquired a stake monitoring & weather partner in this ambitious management, climatology in NorthStar Earth & Space INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEATHER, environmental monitoring Inc, an information services satellites and much more. All Meteosat THE CLIMATE AND THE STATE OF OUR and management program, geostationary satellites were company from Montreal as prime contractor for the that is developing the PLANET, THEY CAN GET READY FOR At Thales Alenia Space, we built by Thales Alenia Space Sentinel -1 and -3 families (4 world’s most sophisticated help further the understanding as prime contractor. We have STORMS, UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT satellites per family), in charge system for the surveillance of our planet by contributing already produced seven first- of the Sentinel-2 image ground of our environment and OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DEVISE PLANS advanced satellite technology, generation Meteosat satellites segment, and manufacturer of near space. Through especially for Earth and four Meteosat Second TO OPTIMIZE THE USE OF NATURAL the Poseidon-4 radar altimeter this investment, the Observation. For instance, Generation (MSG) satellites, RESOURCES AN PROTECT for the Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 Space Alliance will the company is working hand mission. Moreover, we have and we are now working on provide NorthStar with AT-RISK POPULATIONS – ALL in hand with the European already supplied a wide the third generation (MTG). The design, development and WHILE ENABLING SUSTAINABLE Space Agency (ESA) on range of Earth Observation latest generation will comprise production solutions for the European Commission’s satellites and instruments used four imaging and two sounding an innovative constellation DEVELOPMENT. Copernicus program. for oceanography, altimetry, satellites. of 40 satellites.

14 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 15 SPACE TO EXPLORE

VENUS, MARS, Exploring the mission, deploying the (Europe’s contribution) for the European program , which while the largest space observatories giant ALMA radiotelescope array will help us better understand (TGO), launched in 2016, MERCURY, SATURN, Solar System & understanding ever developed in Europe. located on the Atacama plateau dark matter. continues its mission in orbit We also developed Corot, around Mars, “sniffing” THE MOON, ASTEROIDS in Chile. In addition, we played In the meantime, Europe is the universe France’s own low-orbit the Martian atmosphere to AND COMETS... a lead role on the famous Rosetta- holding its breath in the run-up “exoplanet” hunter (planets discover traces of methane Thales Alenia Space is the comet mission [especially to the ExoMars 2020 mission. outside the Solar System), gas in particular. THALES ALENIA SPACE overall prime contractor for via assembly, integration and ESA’s rover on this mission and we will be heavily IS A MAJOR PARTNER the ExoMars mission, and testing of the spacecraft], should touch down on Mars involved in a new program a major contributor to the as well as on Cassini-. in 2021. Fitted with a special IN EUROPE’S FANTASTIC called PLATO, also tasked BepiColombo mission to The Huygens space probe was drill built by Leonardo, with tracking exoplanets, but MISSIONS ACCROSS explore Mercury, the most built by Thales Alenia Space the rover will take soil samples from the Lagrange 2 point. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. mysterious planet in the Solar as prime contractor. at a depth of two meters, System. The company led the Thales Alenia Space built 25 of Also on the agenda at in an attempt to discover Herschel & science the 64 huge parabolic antennas Thales Alenia Space is the evidence of past life (bacteria),

16 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 17 Living & working Module, Multipurpose Logistics off Earth Modules (MPLM), Cupola and the Columbus lab structure, The ISS holds a special along with ATV resupply place in the hearts of vessels and the structure for Thales Alenia Space engineers the Bishop commercial airlock based in Turin, Italy. from NanoRacks. In addition, Thales Alenia Space has Thales Alenia Space supplied in fact supplied fully half pressurized cargo modules for of the pressurized volume the ATV and resupply on the ISS, including Nodes vessels. 2 and 3, the Multipurpose Looking beyond the ISS, Thales Alenia Space is gearing up for lunar missions, in particular with the LOP-G (Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway), and is carrying out design studies for NASA (as part of STEP 2) and ESA. Following the success of the IXV atmospheric reentry demonstrator, Thales Alenia Space is now developing Space Rider, Europe’s new-generation, low-orbit, reusable space transport system.

In-Orbit servicing These vehicles will mark a real paradigm shift from % Thales Alenia Space is offering a “stationary” to a “dynamic” a brand new in-orbit servicing space environment. If we 40 solution. These space vehicles ever start building lunar OF THE ISS will be able to carry out a bases, in-orbit servicing could MANUFACTURED wide range of operations in prove invaluable, especially BY THALES ALENIA SPACE orbit, including controlled for transporting the various reentry of space debris, robotic components to be assembled. manipulation, extending a And Thales Alenia Space satellite’s service life, in-orbit is naturally at the cutting edge refueling, inspection, etc. of this trend.

18 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 19 AT THE FOREFRONT OF SYSTEMS IN EUROPE SPACE TO TRAVEL & NAVIGATE

SATELLITE SYSTEMS PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT MAKES ONLINE MAPS AND NAVIGATION APPS A REALITY. About EGNOS We actually developed the their own version of EGNOS, IT’S HARD TO REMEMBER THE DAYS BEFORE WE COULD EGNOS satellite system, which which will provide Safety of Life EGNOS, for instance, is FIND OUR WAY JUST BY TYPING A DESTINATION INTO is used today to improve the and other services. We are also essential for applications where performance of global navigation providing advanced geolocation A SMARTPHONE APP OR A CAR’S DASHBOARD. TODAY, extreme accuracy and reliability satellite systems (such as GPS) solutions and leading the way WE WOULD ALL BE LOST WITHOUT THIS—LITERALLY LOST! are critical – such as helping for people in Europe. We were in Search & Rescue through our airplanes land or navigating chosen by South Korean space MEOLUT Next solution for local WITH PROGRAMS SUCH AS EGNOS AND GALILEO, ships through narrow channels. agency KARI to produce KASS, user terminals. THALES ALENIA SPACE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS IN EUROPE.

20 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 21 About Galileo (GSF). We will develop new versions of both the GMS and The Galileo global navigation the GSF, all while maintaining system is more than just the already-deployed satellites. An infrastructure operational versions. on the ground is also needed The goal: modernize the entire to properly manage all the ground infrastructure and information sent in the signal enhance its security, from space. Even just a including cybersecurity. 1-second clock error could give a position 300,000 kilometers away from reality. Geo-localization In order to provide reliable to enable the Internet information, Galileo depends of Things on sensor stations, control centers, mission uplink stations Thales Alenia Space is the and telemetry, tracking & system architect of Kineis, command stations. We are a constellation of 20 prime contractor for the Galileo nanosatellites dedicated to The Mission Segment (GMS) and Internet of Things, produced in the Galileo Security Facility conjunction with Nexeya for CLS.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & INNOVATION

IN THE FIERCELY COMPETITIVE SATELLITE MARKET, MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO PRODUCE “MORE AND FASTER”.

22 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 23 THALES ALENIA At the heart of Digital SPACE SET UP transformation IN 2016 AN New technologies have become a key to increasing satellite INNOVATION production rates, against the CLUSTER backdrop of a fast-evolving industry. The Factory of the Future TASKED WITH is designed to incorporate state- ACCELERATING of-the-art and cost-competitive technologies in production THE DEVELOPMENT organizations, fully reflecting the OF INNOVATIVE digital transformation. Additive manufacturing, robots and PROJECTS cobots, Industry 4.0, virtual and augmented reality, digital twins… Digital Transformation is clearly visible within Thales Alenia Space’s 100% clean rooms! Innovation in our DNA!

At Thales Alenia Space, our best OF OUR success-stories happened because TELECOMMUNICATIONS our mindset, our DNA, is driven by innovation. To mention a few SATELLITES examples, we were at the forefront FEATURE SPACE PARTS MADE of satellite navigation systems in THANKS TO ADDITIVE Europe. We always thought that MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY full-electric telecommunications platforms would be the new benchmark, not to mention flexible digitalized payloads we always believed in. And yet, we were a real pioneer in terms of telecommunications satellite constellations. We capitalized on our passion for innovation and engineering to be who we are.

24 • THALES ALENIA SPACE • 25 Thales Alenia Space Stratobus™, an autonomous, also set up in 2016 an multimission stratospheric Innovation Cluster tasked with platform is a good example accelerating the development of what our company could of innovative projects. Open bring in terms of new to all employees, at all technologies. This airship fits levels across the company, perfectly with conventional this participative initiative satellite systems. Operating is designed to bolster the at an altitude of 19 kilometers company’s innovation (above the jet stream and culture. More specifically, air traffic), it is designed the Innovation Cluster aims for a wide range of civil to nurture disruptive concepts and military applications at within Thales Alenia Space, the local or regional level, whether for design, production, including telecommunications, engineering, sales or navigation and observation. support, and to encourage It could provide a permanent all employees to unleash their surveillance solution over creativity and initiate actions. a predefined regional coverage zone to meet the The good thing about needs of security and defense innovation is that it is always organizations. a beginning of a new area. The difficulty is of We expect, in the years course to find the proper to come, to work on such balance between disruptive numerous innovative programs solutions and our customers’ with our customers and partners expectations. to draw the Space of the future.

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