July 5, 2011 - SDV Renewed Contract with Thales Alenia Space to Manage Worldwide Satellites Logistics

By signing a four year contract at the Paris Air Show, Thales Alenia Space has renewed its confidence in SDV for transporting satellites. SDV will move the satellites from assembling facilities in France and Italy to the Kourou launch site in French Guiana, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as well as to the Vandenberg satellite launch center in California and the Xi Chang one in China.

Satellites are exclusive and high value added products. The logistics for these space infrastructures is characterized by many specific constraints in addition to strict delivery deadlines and high level of confidentiality.

From left to right: Francis BARON - Director Export Control and Logistics - Thales Alenia Space; Alain GAUCHET – South France Area Manager - SDV


	A fully dedicated organization is mobilized by SDV for each shipment. Containers, purpose-designed for the chosen aircraft type (AN 124), are conveyed by a team of specialists whose mission is completed at the time of the final customer handover.