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Thales Alenia Space has signed a new contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to deliver the X-Band communications system for the KOMPSAT-7 mission.

The dual use SGDC Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite built by Thales Alenia Space for Brazil is ready to be shipped to Kourou, French Guyana for launch in March.

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to supply a satellite navigation system known as the Korea Augmentation Satellite System.

Thales Alenia Space announced the official kickoff of its Stratobus R&D project, which aims to launch a demonstrator in 2018, followed by the first qualification and certification flights in 2020.

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract worth €450 million with the European Space Agency to build the Sentinel 3C and 3D satellites for the European Copernicus program.

Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded the contract by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) for one of two military satellites for the COMSAT NG secure telecommunications programme, with Thales Alenia Space as lead contractor.

Eutelsat Communications unveiled the next step in its broadband strategy for Africa with the order from Thales Alenia Space of a new-generation high throughput satellite that will be the first to use the company's Spacebus Neo platform.

 Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) covering the design and development phase for the Poseidon-3C radar altimeter on the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite, new altimetry program that will demonstrate new applications. 

Following development by Thales Alenia Space the Sicral 2 telecommunications satellite has arrived at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana for an Ariane 5 launch on April 15.