Institutional dossier
The documented history of Thales Alenia Space: chronology, people, research, capital and compute, and governance. Every statement opens its source and its limits.
Records dated 2022-11-14 to 2024-06-27 · 0 undated
3 claims · 2 sources · 3 not editorially accepted. The counts describe this selection. They do not measure completeness or independent confirmation.
Scope, evidence and limits
Description: A space manufacturer, coordinator of the ASCEND study consortium.
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Chronology
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2022Record year · 1 claims
- Thales Alenia Space announced on 14 November 2022 that the European Commission had chosen it to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centres in orbit, within Horizon Europe.European Commission → made a government award to → Thales Alenia SpaceInspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Stage: announced
Qualification and date notes
Thales Alenia Space's announcement; no Commission text or amount was retrieved. Before the pack's 2023 start, recorded because the 2024 results depend on it.
Date of the announcement, as the source gives it.
2024Record year · 2 claims
- Thales Alenia Space stated that ASCEND aims to deploy one gigawatt before 2050.Thales Alenia Space → announced plan → ASCEND: deploy one gigawatt of space data centres before 2050 Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
exact 1 GW (as worded: 'one gigawatt')
Qualification and date notes
An aim stated in a study-results release; the study itself was funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe, but no deployment programme, deployment funding or launch is stated. The release says the partners intend to pursue the feasibility study.
Date of the announcement, as the source gives it.
- Thales Alenia Space announced the results of the ASCEND feasibility study on 27 June 2024.Thales Alenia Space → published → Thales Alenia Space, ASCEND results (2024)Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Qualification and date notes
The press release summarises the study; the study report was not retrieved, and its findings are recorded only as the release states them.
Dateline of the release.