(Telecompaper) Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with Qatari satellite company Es'hailSat to develop a next-generation software-defined satellite built on the Space Inspire (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) platform. Named Eshail-3/Turksat-Biruni, the satellite will be shared with Turkish satellite operator Turksat...