Topic summary
Alcatel Space
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Thales Alenia Space.
History
Alcatel Alenia Space was established on 1 June 2005 through the merger of Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio. The new company was owned by Alcatel-Lucent (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%). Its creation coincided with Alcatel taking a 33% stake in Finmeccanica's existing Telespazio subsidiary, which was combined with Alcatel's Space Services and Operations business.