# Thales Alenia Space

> <p><strong>Ownership:</strong> Joint venture: Thales (FR, 67%) + Leonardo (IT, 33%). Cannes (France) and Turin (Italy) since 2007.<br><strong>Employees:</strong> ~8,500<br><strong>Key products:</strong> Telecom satellites (Spacebus NEO); Copernicus Earth-observation satellites (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-3, Sentinel-6); ISS modules (Cygnus pressurised modules)<br><strong>Key markets:</strong> ESA, EU Copernicus, commercial telecom, NASA via ISS contributions<br><strong>Known for:</strong> Franco-Italian space prime particularly strong in Earth-observation and human-spaceflight pressurised modules — most of the habitable volume of the ISS that wasn't built by Russia or NASA was built in Turin. Currently working on the Lunar Gateway modules for NASA's Artemis programme.<br><a href="https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com">https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com</a></p>

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