Commercial space station company NanoRacks has announced that it is pursuing International Space Station opportunities in cooperation with ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space, which is a joint venture between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%. To pursue these opportunities, NanoRacks will be staffing its first formal European-based office at ALTEC’s facilities in Torino, Italy.
The office will serve as a business development hub for European and Asian customers. The companies aim to build a directory of end-to-end solutions to lower the barriers for European and Asian customers to access low-Earth orbit. This directory will include a combination of hardware, software, and on-the-ground services. Bishop, NanoRacks commercial airlock module will also be considered a part of ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space’s space product portfolio.
The office will also house NanoRacks technical personnel as required for successful completion of Bishop.
“There is an important market in Europe and Asia,” commented NanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber.
“We’re setting up with our friends at ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space to grow the relationship of our companies and to remain the leader in commercial space station utilisation globally. NanoRacks looks forward to leveraging the expertise of ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space to continue the exponential growth of the commercial ecosystem in low-Earth orbit.”
Thales Alenia Space aims to bring to the programme its experience in designing and producing high-technology solutions.
The first effort will be a joint workshop in Torino to highlight the new team and specifically, market opportunities to be made available via the Bishop airlock. This workshop is expected in Q4 2018.
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