{"title":"GomSpace vs Thales Alenia Space: Platforms compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/gomspace-vs-thales-alenia-space","comparison":"Thales Alenia Space ranks 12 on the Space 100 with a score of 83; GomSpace ranks 90 with 65. GomSpace is ahead on progress. Thales Alenia Space is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on technology. GomSpace is based in Aalborg, Denmark, Thales Alenia Space in France. GomSpace: Public. Thales Alenia Space: Subsidiary. GomSpace is named in 26 signals and Thales Alenia Space in 99.","companies":[{"name":"GomSpace","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gomspace","city":"Aalborg","country":"Denmark","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"GomSpace is the listed European cubesat and nanosat platform incumbent (GOMX heritage; GOMX-5 8U for ESA launching 2026), promoted from watchlist as it stabilized. It raised FY26 guidance to 420-450 MSEK with a 6-12% EBITDA margin, saw Q1-26 order intake up 104%, gained Nasdaq index inclusion and EIB debt refinancing, and added defense and institutional demand (VirtuaLabs EUR7.6M, EDA participation, a Ukraine partnership). Its profitability trajectory and the Ukraine deal scope are the open questions.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":90,"score":65,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":6,"commercial":7,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"GomSpace develops and supplies small-satellite platforms and buses, including platforms used in Weather Stream’s GEMS2-Amethyst satellite and power systems supplied for D-Orbit missions.","segment":"Platforms","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":26,"facts_total":31},{"name":"Thales Alenia Space","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/thales-alenia-space","city":null,"country":"France","stage":"Subsidiary","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Thales Alenia Space is a European satellite prime (a Thales 67% / Leonardo 33% JV) spanning telecom, Earth observation, and exploration, with IRIDE constellation work, ISS and Cygnus/Axiom module heritage, and parentage of the LeoStella JV. It is a party to the European space-merger MoU with Airbus and Leonardo, and the JV structure itself is what that merger would reorganize. Segment financials are program-scoped (a dedicated filings pass owed).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":12,"score":83,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":9,"production":8,"technology":6},"why":"Thales Alenia Space designs and builds satellites for telecommunications, Earth observation, meteorology, defense and science, including IRIS², Sentinel-1 NG and MTG.","segment":"Platforms","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":99,"facts_total":124}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}