Thales: memorandum of understanding with Hellas Sat
January 26, 2024 at 03:57 am EST
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Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hellas Sat to collaborate on the development of an optical communication payload dedicated to a mission to be carried by the future Hellas Sat 5 telecommunications satellite, which will operate in geostationary orbit.
The aim of the partnership between Hellas Sat and Thales Alenia Space is to provide 'ultra high-performance' high-speed data transfer services from geostationary orbit.
This innovative payload will connect to the optical ground segment of the Athens National Observatory in Greece, to optical ground stations in France and those of the European Space Agency (ESA), and to Thales Alenia Space's HydRON telecommunications satellite in low earth orbit (LEO).
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Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).
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