Created: 2018-11-07
Updated: 2023-02-18
Company - Thales Alenia Space
- Founded
- Country
- 2007
- Italy,France,UK
- Funding
- Yes, ?
Product/Service - POP3D
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
Hardware
Commercial Space Station
- Fields
- Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)
Commercial ISS Module
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2015
Additive Manufacturing
Europe’s very first 3D printer in space.
Funded by the Italian space agency ASI, the POP3D (Portable On-Board Printer) for 3D printing reached orbit in 2015. The compact, cube-shaped printer measures 25 cm per side and weighs 5.5 kg in Earth gravity. It prints in biodegradable and harmless PLA plastic, using a heat-based process called ‘fused filament fabrication’.
POP3D typically takes about half an hour to produce a single plastic part, which was subsequently returned to the ground for detailed testing, including comparison to an otherwise identical part printed on the ground. The Italian Institute of Technology assisted with post-flight examinations.
Space Station Modules
Status Comment / Notes
The status and first launch currently applies to the POP3D printer because most other activities are studies.
Product/Service - Start, Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle (CLTV), IMAGIN-e
- Classification
- In-Space Transportation
- Category
- Space Tug
On-Orbit Servicing
Propellant Refilling
Propellant Refuel Station
In-Orbit Computing
- Fields
- On-Orbit Servicing
Edge Computing
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2026
In-Orbit Servicing
Italy awards $256 million contract for 2026 in-orbit servicing mission (SpaceNews, 2023-05-15).
- Italy’s space agency has awarded local companies 235 million euros ($256 million) in pandemic relief funds for an in-orbit servicing demo in 2026, the group’s leader Thales Alenia Space announced May 15.
- The company did not disclose details about the 2026 mission, but said the servicer would have a dexterous robotic arm and test capabilities that include refueling, component repair or replacement, orbital transfer, and atmospheric reentry.
- The servicer will be launched with a target satellite, said Maria Antonietta Perino, director of space economy exploration at Thales Alenia Space, and both will be fitted with an interface for a refueling mission.
- Perino said the servicer would also be designed to serve larger satellites that it would capture with its robotic arm.
- Leonardo is providing the robotic arm, developed with SAB Aerospace, the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics, and the Italian Institute of Technology.
- Spaceflight services company Telespazio and rocket builder Avio are also part of the consortium, along with D-Orbit, the space tug specialist that completed its first commercial mission in late 2020.
- EROSS – or European Robotic Orbital Support Services – is a collaborative program that is working to research and validate the technologies and robotics required for in-space servicing of satellites and other assets.
- The program is being led by Thales Alenia Space, a joint-venture between Thales and Leonardo, along with several industry and academic partners including DLR, GMV, PIAP Space, SENER, SINTEF, Space Applications Services, TIPIK, Kongsberg, Trasys, Almatech, and CSEM.
- The EROSS program is on track to deliver its inaugural in-space mission by 2027, which will showcase numerous capabilities including satellite rendezvous, capture, docking, refuelling, and payload exchange.
Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle (CLTV)
IMAGIN-e (ISS Mounted Accessible Global Imaging Nod-e)
IMAGIN-e Space Edge Computing demonstration payload reached the International Space Station to gather unmatched Earth observation insights, 2024-03-24.
- Over the next days, the IMAGIN-e payload will be prepared and installed attached to the Columbus module using a robotic arm, and will then go through a commissioning phase before entering into operations for one year (extendable to two years).
- Several use case applications based on Artificial Intelligence have already been identified and proposed by international application developer teams, in response to the OrbitalAI challenge launched by the European Space Agency’s Φ-lab in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space and Microsoft, in the frame of the AI4EO (Artificial Intelligence for Earth observation) initiative.
- The proposed areas of applications span wildfire early-detection and behavior modelling, automatic detection of objects and anomalies in ocean and maritime ecosystems (such as ships, debris, pollution, oil spills, algal blooms, sargassums, etc.), crop water stress detection, water quality monitoring, certification of space data using blockchain technology, etc.
Status Comment / Notes
Created: 2023-02-05
Updated: 2024-07-10
Product/Service
- Classification
- Cargo Transportation & Landers
- Category
- Transport Service (Re-Entry)
- Fields
- Space Capsule
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2028
Created: 2024-07-26
Updated: 2024-07-26
Product/Service - ASCEND
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- In-Orbit Computing
In-Orbit Data Storage
Space Data Centre
- Fields
- Orbital Data Centre
- Status
- Concept
- First launch
- 2015
Data Centers in Orbit
- A consortium led by Thales Alenia Space has been set up to find an ambitious solution for Europe, namely to install data center stations in orbit, powered by solar power plants generating several hundred megawatts.
- This concept makes direct use of the energy produced in space outside of the earth atmosphere: the only link with the ground would be high-throughput Internet connections based on optical communications, a technique for which Europe has mastered the underlying technologies.
- The first objective of this study will be to assess if the carbon emissions from the production and launch of these space infrastructures will be significantly lower than the emissions generated by ground-based data centers, therefore contributing to the achievement of global carbon neutrality.
- The second objective will be to prove that it is possible to develop the required launch solution and to ensure the deployment and operability of these spaceborne data centers using robotic assistance technologies currently being developed in Europe, such as the EROSS IOD demonstrator.
ASCEND: a new alternative to terrestrial datacenters, 2023-12-12
- The ASCEND project — Advanced Space Cloud for European Net zero emission and Data sovereignty — is studying the technical and environmental feasibility of creating space-based datacenters to potentially reduce the ecological impact of processing and storing data.
- The project is being pursued on behalf of the European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Program for Research and Innovation covering the period from 2021 to 2027.
- The main aim of the study is to determine whether we can build and launch space-based datacenters with a significantly lower environmental impact than their Earth-based counterparts. Focusing first on the carbon footprint of Europe’s terrestrial datacenters, we established that they’ll consume a total of 20 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year between now and 2030. This data allows us to define the carbon footprint threshold of space-based datacenters.
- Ultimately, ASCEND aims to significantly reduce the impact of datacenters, targeting a power capacity of 10 TWh to cut the energy requirements of Earth-based datacenters by 10%.
- The main challenge with the ASCEND project is to find an architecture that meets the specific operational needs of a datacenter in space while significantly reducing Europe’s environmental footprint and energy consumption. We’re studying architectures that let us take advantage of the scaleup factor and optimize the structure. A capacity of 10 MW per space datacenter is envisaged, which would require a solar panel surface area of about 35,000 square meters (375,000 sq.ft).
Status Comment / Notes
Created: 2023-02-18
Updated: 2024-07-26
Product/Service - Receiv'Air
- Classification
- Space Utilities
- Category
- Space Solar Power
Power Beaming
- Fields
- Wireless Power Transfer
- Status
- Concept
- First launch
- Not announced
Study for Receiv'Air - Bypassing of atmospheric attenuation for SPS with airborne receiver.
- Final presentation: SBSP_SIW_presentation_final_13Dec2023.pdf
- Executive summary:
- ESR_Executive Summary Report_v4_E-Sgn.pdf
- FR_Final Report_v4_E-Sgn.pdf
- TN1_Stakeholder Expectation Report_v3_E-Sgn.pdf
- TN2_SBSP Design Assumptions and Constraints Report_v3_E-Sgn.pdf
- TN3_TASI-SD-SBSP-TNO-0637_Architecture Selection Report_v3_E-Sgn.pdf
- TN4_TASI-SD-SBSP-TNO-0657_v2_E-Sgn_Architecture Definition Document.p
Status Comment / Notes
Created: 2023-03-11
Updated: 2024-03-10
Product/Service - Multi-Purpose Habitat
- Classification
- Surface Habitats & Structures
- Category
- Surface Habitats
- Fields
- Moon
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
Multi-Purpose Habitat (MPH)
Status Comment / Notes
Created: 2024-01-13
Updated: 2024-02-26
Product/Service
- Classification
- Space Resources
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
- Fields
- Moon
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
ISRU
IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILISATION PRODUCTION DISRUPT-2
- Lead: Thales Alenia Space, Oxfordshire
- Funding: £169,000
- This project will allow more efficient selection of Moon rock for oxygen extraction as well as extraction of other resources such as metal. It will improve a technique for use on the Moon’s surface called X-Ray Diffraction/X-Ray Fluorescence where the Moon rock is illuminated with X-rays and the rock type is identified by the way that the X-rays are diffracted or by the way the X-rays cause the rock to fluoresce.
Status Comment / Notes
Created: 2022-04-17
Updated: 2023-07-18
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News, Research, Projects and Patents
| Title | Type | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team chosen to make first oxygen on the Moon | News, Project | 2022-03-09 | > |
| Thales Alenia Space to Provide First Two Pressurized Modules for Axiom Space Station | News | 2021-07-19 | |
| A data center on the Moon | News | 2021-05-19 | |
| THALES ALENIA SPACE TO PROVIDE THE STUDY FOR EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY’S CIS-LUNAR TRANSFER VEHICLE - CLTV | Study | > Study of Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle (CLTV), a transportation logistic space vehicle to be used for a variety of missions: from the logistic resupply of Lunar Gateway pressurized modules, to the transportation of space infrastructure in low Earth orbit, and the potential use in future missions in support of the European Large Logistic Lander (EL3). |
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Development
Axiom Station, AxStation, Axiom Commercial Segment, Orbital Segment
Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module
Development
B330, First Base
Commercial Space Station, Surface Habitats
Dormant
Orbital Reef
Commercial Space Station
Development
Rotating Space Station (RSS)
Commercial Space Station, Space Mining
Concept
Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module
Concept, Pivot
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Commercial Space Station, Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling
Concept
Galactic Suite Space Resort
Commercial Space Station, Commercial Lunar Lander
Dormant
VERA Station
Commercial Space Station, Space Station Module, Space Construction Company, In-Space Manufacturing
Concept
StarMax
Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module
Development
VEDA (Vehicle for life-Extension and Deorbiting Activities), RIG (Robotic Insert for satellite Guidance)
On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Commercial Space Station, Satellite Life Extension
Development
Commercial Space Station
Dormant, Concept
Kosmos-Station
Robotic Arm, Hardware, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station
Early stage
Commercial Space Station
Dormant, Concept
Lunar Communications Platform (Oreades), PicoGravity Lab, Lunar Space Elevator
In-Space Communications Relay, Commercial Space Station, Space Elevator
Early stage
Space Resources, Resources - Water, Space Architecture, Commercial Space Station, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Miscellaneous
Concept
Arachne Station
In-Space Manufacturing, Commercial Space Station
Early stage
Commercial Space Station
Concept
Commercial Space Station, Surface Habitats
Development
Mini Station 1
Commercial Space Station, Space Entertainment, Commercial Astronaut Services
Dormant
Outpost, Starlab
Commercial Space Station
Development, Cancelled
Orbital Can Station, MDRS FARMM
Commercial Space Station, Surface Habitats, In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Concept
Commercial Space Station, Persistent Platform
Commercial Space Station
Development
Commercial Space Station, In-Space Assembly, Hardware
Development
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Reusable Satellite, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Platform, Persistent Platform
Development
Aurora Station
Commercial Space Station
Dormant, Development
Olympus, Pythom Spaceship
Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Commercial Space Station
Early stage
Earthshine-Mini, Earthshine-Robotic
Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station
Early stage
Stargate, Terran-R, Terran-1
Surface Habitats, Space Construction Company, Commercial Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing
Concept, Development
Orbital Reef, LIFE Habitat
Commercial Space Station
Development
Commercial Space Station, Space Tug, Space Tourism Activities, Space Solar Power
Dormant
RoWo
Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, Persistent Platform, In-Space Assembly, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), On-Orbit Servicing
Development
Spacehab
Enterprise
Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module, Space Entertainment
Cancelled
O-HAB
Commercial Space Station, Space Suits & Garments
Concept
Starlab
Commercial Space Station
Development
Commercial Space Station
Concept
ThinkPlatform-1
Commercial Space Station, Space Construction Company, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), On-Orbit Servicing, Space Tug
Development
Commercial Space Station, Commercial Astronaut Services, Space Tourism Activities
Development
Space-Lab, AsteriX Lab
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Commercial Space Station
Early stage