Gazprom & Thales Alenia Space Intent on Joining Efforts in Spacecraft Production

Dmitry Sevastiyanov, Director General of Gazprom Space Systems, and Jean-Loic Galle, President and CEO of Thales Alenia Space, signed at the 9th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum an Agreement of Intent to jointly launch the Russian-based production of competitive spacecraft based on cutting-edge European technologies.

The parties agreed to draft the principles and basic terms for Thales Alenia Space to take part in Gazprom's project on setting up a civil spacecraft assembly facility in the Moscow Region.

Thales Alenia Space will act as a technology partner in the project.

The document was signed in the follow-up to the Memorandum of Understanding inked by the companies in January 2019.