News 2019

The aerospace group OHB has been awarded the Employer Branding Award 2019 in the Global Player category for its "Want to have been with us ..." campaign.

Three-dimensional complex plasmas in space were the subject of a scientific conference held on December 5 and 6 at DLR’s Oberpfaffenhofen site near Munich.

“Notable success for Space in Germany and Europe”
The commitment of the ESA to the major issues of space flight has impressed the CEO of OHB SE, Marco Fuchs. The ESA has amply fulfilled its role as a trailblazer.

After 132 days spent in space and a journey across several continents, SPECTRODemo, a payload developed on behalf the European Space Agency ESA by OHB System AG in cooperation with the US company Ocean Insight has now returned to OHB in Bremen. The data collected by SPECTRODemo is expected to supply information on the deployability and reliability of UV/VIS spectroscopy in the analysis of data sets in space.

For more than four decades, scientists have been able to determine whether their experiments are suitable for use in space by carrying out TEXUS missions. OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the listed space and technology group OHB SE, has held a significant interest in the program ever since it was first launched. An unmanned TEXUS rocket completed its scientific mission in space after lifting off from northern Sweden on November 15, 2019.

The space and technology company OHB SE has signed a partnership agreement with Technical Training Center Bremen-Center (TBZ) covering teaching activities in aerospace technology.

OHB System AG has been selected by ESA as prime contractor for a feasibility study concerning the implementation of a radar-based Earth observation mission from a geosynchronous orbit. By observing hydrological cycles over Africa and Europe, the Hydroterra mission will allow the prediction of extreme rainfall and associated flooding at an earlier stage.

The OHB family of companies today celebrated the completion of the outer shell of the new PLATO hall at Lise-Meitner-Strasse 8 with a “topping-out ceremony”. With a floor area of around 1,000 square meters, the ISO 8-class* cleanroom integration hall will be the OHB Group’s largest cleanroom.

OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the listed high-tech group OHB SE, has yesterday shipped the flight hardware for the optical payload of the first MTG (Meteosat Third Generation) weather satellite, which is scheduled to launch into space in 2021.

GMTO Corporation, the organization managing the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) on behalf of its U.S. and international founders, has signed a contract with MT Mechatronics (a subsidiary of the listed company OHB SE) and Ingersoll Machine Tools to design, build and install the telescope’s precision steel structure.