Components for satellites and space ships will be constructed in Czechowice-Dziedzice. Thales Alenia Space, global leader in space technologies, will cooperate with the Silesian Science and Technology Center of the Aviation Industry, a company belonging to the Upper Silesian Agency of Entrepreneurship and Development.

Thales Alenia Space has already made the first order for structural panels for the Spacebus NEO satellite platform. Simultaneously, Thales Alenia Space will transfer their composite technologies to the Center. Both companies will also jointly implement research and development projects commissioned by the European Space Agency.

The SpaceBus NEO platform is a large geostationary telecommunications satellite with a mass of 4 to 6 tons. According to Thales Alenia Space company, the first facility with components made in Poland will be launched into orbit in the second half of 2019.