Our Company
As a key player in space infrastructure operations for more than 30 years, and with a staff today of more than 435 experts, Telespazio France supplies value-added satellite-based services and applications covering all of the key domains of space, from telecommunications and Earth observation to navigation.

Telespazio is organised around three centres of excellence:

  1. Satellite Systems and Operations, in charge of operating our own space resources and systems, as well as those of our customers (for example, the European EGNOS and Galileo systems and the Kourou spaceport), and developing associated applications and solutions.
  2. Space Telecommunications, offering a broad portfolio of connectivity solutions and services.
  3. Geo-Information, delivering a unique range of radar and optical satellite imagery, and land- and ocean-monitoring products and services.

 

A pivotal player in satellite services


Telespazio France is the French subsidiary of the Telespazio group, which is jointly owned by Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%). Based in the most emblematic French cities in the space sector, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Paris and Kourou (French Guiana), Telespazio France deploys its expertise to both institutional players and private companies.

A strategic partnership capable of responding effectively to the needs of today's and tomorrow's market:

The complementary capabilities of Thales Alenia Space in satellite systems and Telespazio in the services associated with them provides the Space Alliance all the assets needed to respond positively and effectively to the needs of the market, which today are increasingly focused on applications related to space technologies.

Management

Management

Headed by Chairman & CEO Jean-Marc Gardin, who has also been Deputy CEO of the Telespazio Group since 2010, and Deputy CEO Corinne Mailles, Telespazio France’s management team boasts a wealth of unique experience in space and its applications.

Where we are

Established in the most emblematic French cities of the space sector, namely Toulouse, Bordeaux, Paris and Kourou (French Guiana), Telespazio France deploys its expertise to both institutional players and private companies.

Where we are

History

History

Established in 1961, Telespazio is an actor of the very first hours of the space conquest. The live broadcast of images of man's first steps on the Moon, in 1969, is a highly symbolic illustration of Telespazio's active contribution to the technological and human challenges that changed the world, its perspectives, its way of working.

Ethics & Compliance

Ethics and integrity provide the base for trust in relationships with our customers, suppliers, commercial and industrial partners and all the company’s stakeholders. Fundamental values for supporting successfully our activities all over the world.

Ethics & Compliance

Our Mission and Values

Our Mission and Values

We are convinced that a simple link between Man and Space is essential to our life on Earth, because Space is a key technological and human enabler to protect the planet and its inhabitants.