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Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space is a European leader in satellite navigation systems. The company is prime contractor for EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System), and for Galileo System. Thales Alenia Space defined the overall architecture on behalf of the European Union and the satellite architecture for ESA and it has been a driving partner in Galileo since the outset.

In the IOV phase, the Thales Alenia Space role encompasses also the Mission Ground Segment design and development and the development of the Space Segment major subsystems. In particular in its industrial Rome site, Thales Alenia Space is carrying out the assembly, integration and test of the four IOV satellites. 

Early 2010 Thales Alenia Space Italia was awarded a framework contract lasting from 2010 till 2016 for the provision of “System Support” to European Space Agency (ESA). The planned activities will cover    the period 2010 till 2014. The System Support framework contract is one of the six contracts through which Galileo will be developed to become operational in early 2014. With the System Support contract, Thales Alenia Space Italia, will perform the overall System Design, the System Security Design, the overall System Integration, Verification and In Orbit Validation.