Ground Segment /en en European Space Agency confirms trust in Thales Alenia Space for operational phase of Galileo Ground Mission and the Galileo Security Facility /en/worldwide/space/press-release/european-space-agency-confirms-trust-thales-alenia-space-operational Noordwijk, October 18, 2018 - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today announced the signature of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Commission (EC) and the European GNSS Agency (GSA),for the development and deployment of the next version of the ground-based Galileo Mission Segment (GMS) and the Galileo Security Facility (GSF), together known as WP2X. 18 Oct 2018 2727080 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2018-06/Logo_TAS_800_600.jpg