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Lunar Link telecommunications element (ESA / Thales Alenia Space)

Contracted by ESA from Thales Alenia Space · Gateway PPE + HALO

ESA's Lunar Link is a telecommunications element designed to provide communications between spacecraft in lunar orbit and users on the Moon's surface, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, for NASA's HALO module on Gateway. After NASA paused Gateway work, ESA said on 20 October 2026 that Lunar Link had completed its final integration and test campaign and will be stored in flight-ready condition while ESA studies flying it as an independent lunar relay.

Themes: Comms & data · Earth prep · AIT & integration