Thales Alenia Space signs €500 million deal with Eutelsat for IRIS² satellite payloads

The logo of European satellite operator Eutelsat is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes · Reuters Sept 10 (Reuters) - Aerospace group Thales Alenia Space has signed an agreement with satellite ‌operator Eutelsat to supply government payloads for ‌330 of the European Union's IRIS² low Earth orbit satellites, it ​said on Thursday. The company, a joint venture between France's Thales and Italy's Leonardo, said t…