Thales Alenia Space - a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) - is present in Belgium with three sites in Charleroi, Hasselt and Leuven.
Thales Alenia Space is an expert in several high-technology fields. The company is the Belgian front-runner in space electronics applications for satellites and launchers, a world leader in power conditioning and distribution for satellites, a key supplier of electronics for European launchers and will be the first automated factory of space PhotoVoltaic Assemblies (PVA) in Europe.
Satellites are our core business…
Thales Alenia Space in Belgium is a world leader in satellite power conditioning and distribution. The product portfolio covers needs from microsatellites up to large satellites addressing earth observation (radar and optical), scientific domain, navigation and telecommunication application, with power requirements from 250 W up to more than 20 kW. The company also enjoys a position at the forefront of flight electronics products: avionics, power supplies for plasmic propulsion thrusters, power supplies for travelling wave tubes, PhotoVoltaic Assembly and other specific power products.
On board of all European launchers
Thales Alenia Space in Belgium is a key supplier for all European Launchers since more than 60 years: ARIANE 4, ARIANE 5, VEGA and now, on board of ARIANE 6 by supplying its safeguard system and the electronic equipment managing the thrust-vectoring nozzles . We are also involved in advanced studies as for Callisto, Themis, Kassav …in order to address the µLauncher market .
Valuable (or, Important? significant, or…) industrial capacity
Thanks to the 9,000 square meters of clean room and the installed test means, Thales Alenia Space in Belgium has the opportunity to offer industrial capacities such as electronic boards assembly, EMC tests, vibration and pyro shock tests …
Rue Chapelle Beaussart 101
6032 Mont-sur-Marchienne
Belgique
