aerospace headquarters cannes france key people jean lo c galle president and ceo operating income 1.8 billion euro 2004 number of employees 7 200 nov. 2006 parent thales group & finmeccanica website thales alenia space the headquarters of thales alenia space in the seashore building of the cannes mandelieu space center thales alenia space is a franco italian aerospace manufacturer formed 1 after the thales group bought the participation of alcatel in the two joint ventures between alcatel and finmeccanica alcatel alenia space and telespazio . 2 the company is europe s largest satellite manufacturer . contents 1 history 2 activities 3 locations 4 executive board 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit alcatel alenia space was established on june 1 2005 by the merger of alcatel space and alenia spazio and was owned by alcatel lucent 67 % and finmeccanica 33 % . the creation of the company was concurrent with the creation of telespazio holding . this too was a merger of finmeccanica and alcatel businesses telespazio and alcatel s space services and operations respectively . on april 5 2006 alcatel agreed to sell its share of alcatel alenia space and its 33 % share of telespazio to thales group . 3 the european union agreed in this financial operation on april 10 2007 . 4 activities edit the company built the multi purpose logistics modules which was used to transport cargo inside the space shuttle orbiters . they also built several modules for the international space station those modules are cupola columbus harmony tranquility and leonardo . citation needed they currently build the pressurized vessels for the automated transfer vehicle and cygnus spacecraft . in the mid 1990s the united states stopped issuing export licenses to companies to allow them to launch on chinese launch vehicles out of fear that this would help china s military . in the face of this thales alenia space built the chinasat 6b satellite with no components from the united states whatsoever . this allowed it to be launched on a chinese launch vehicle without violating u.s. itar restrictions . 5 the launch on a long march 3b rocket was successfully conducted on july 5 2007 . a multi purpose logistics module inside space shuttle discovery cupola module columbus module harmony module center tranquility module center leonardo module automated transfer vehicle pressurized vessel for the cygnus spacecraft locations edit in 2015 thales alenia space had 7500 employees and from 2013 operates in 14 industrial sites located in seven countries france italy spain belgium united kingdom germany and united states cannes france hosting also the headquarters in the cannes mandelieu space center l aquila italy colombes france florence italy milan italy rome saccomuro italy rome tiburtina italy turin italy toulouse france charleroi belgium madrid tres cantos spain stuttgart ditzingen germany cupertino united states harwell united kingdom bristol united kingdom warsaw poland executive board edit current ceo is jean lo c galle since september 2012 replacing reynald seznec . see also edit cannes mandelieu space center references edit creation of the new space alliance between thales and finmeccanica press release . thales alenia space . april 10 2007 . alcatel and finmeccanica finalize the creation of new joint ventures and announce nominations press release . alcatel . july 1 2005 . alcatel pursues the transfer of its satellite activities and critical systems for security to thales press release . alcatel . april 5 2006 . alcatel lucent cleared by the eu to transfer its space assets to thales press release . thales alenia space . april 10 2007 . china launches satellite despite restrictions . usa today . july 6 2007 . retrieved may 11 2010 . external links edit official website v t e leonardo finmeccanica subsidiaries and joint ventures agustawestland alenia aermacchi atr bell agusta aerospace company drs technologies ngl prime spa oto melara quadrics selex es selex sistemi integrati telespazio telespazio vega thales alenia space people mauro moretti v t e thales group divisions and subsidiaries thales air defence thales australia thales communications thales navigation thales nederland thales optronics thales rail signalling solutions thales training & simulation thales underwater systems joint ventures dcns 25 % eurosam 33 % soteria search and rescue telespazio 33 % thales alenia space 67 % thalesraytheonsystems 50 % products an prc 148 blowpipe bushmaster protected mobility vehicle hawkei digital joint reconnaissance pod eurocat goalkeeper ciws javelin lightweight multirole missile mw08 s1850m seltrac smart l sonar 2076 sonar 2087 starstreak swarm watchkeeper wk450 predecessors racal thomson csf thomson marconi sonar category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thales alenia space & oldid 731512922 categories spacecraft manufacturersprivately held companies of francethales group joint ventureshidden categories pages 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