PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars

26. April 2018 Press Release PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars: OHB System AG to negotiate the implementation of ESA scientific research mission PLATO OHB was ESA’s prime choice in the award of the PLATO scientific research satellite. (Artist’s impression © OHB System AG)   Bremen, April 26, 2018...

Research rocket TEXUS tests experiments for space suitability

03. May 2018 Press Release Research rocket TEXUS tests experiments for space suitability The 54th mission was also a complete success! TEXUS-54 launch on May 13, 2018; source: Hergen Oltmann (Airbus) In the morning of May 13, 2018, an unmanned TEXUS rocket completed its mission in the skies above...

Galileo: Tara and Samuel's long journey into space

14. May 2018 Press Release Tara and Samuel's long journey into space First stage: Bremen - Kourou OHB navigation satellites for Galileo travel to European launch site in French Guyana Bremen, 3. May 2018 . Today at noon, two of the four Galileo satellites that are to be transported into space in...

Belgium and LaRa on their way to Mars

14. May 2018 Press Release Belgium and LaRa on their way to Mars Artist’s impression of the mission ExoMars © ESA Brussels / Antwerp, May 14, 2018. The planetary scientists at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) are delighted to announce the signing of a contract between the European Space...

TEXUS-55 marks successful completion of the double campaign

22. May 2018 Press Release TEXUS-55 marks successful completion of the double campaign Testing of experiments for later use in space Salvage of TEXUS-55 © SSC Swedish Space Corporation On the morning of May 31, 2018, the successful TEXUS-55 mission completed the TEXUS double campaign. This year, a...

Galileo: Anna and Ellen on their way to space

30. May 2018 Press Release Galileo: Anna and Ellen on their way to space Bremen. 31 May 2018.   Our colleagues at OHB System AG, a subsidiary of aerospace and technology group OHB SE, today saw off the last two Galileo FOC satellites* from Batch 2. They left the factory site in Bremen at around...

INNOspace Masters: The winners of the OHB Challenge have been announced

04. June 2018 Press Release INNOspace Masters: The winners of the OHB Challenge have been announced Berlin. 05 June 2018.  Today’s award ceremony in Berlin marks the end of the INNOspace Masters ideas competition, and the listed aerospace and technology group OHB SE has chosen the winners of the...

OHB awarded contract for studies under the EU earth observation program “Copernicus”

08. June 2018 Press Releases OHB awarded contract for studies under the EU earth observation program “Copernicus” Bremen, Oberpfaffenhofen, June 18, 2018.  OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the space and technology group OHB SE, has been named principal contractor for three studies on the candidate...

Anniversary at 36,000 km altitude

13. June 2018 Press Release Anniversary at 36,000 km altitude OHB’s first SmallGEO satellite in HISPASAT satellite fleet for one year now Artist’s impression of the satellite H36W-1 in space © OHB System AG Bremen, June 13,  2018. The telecommunications satellite H36W-1 from OHB System AG, which...

OHB Sweden and OHB Italia awarded Copernicus studies

20. June 2018 Press Releases OHB Sweden and OHB Italia awarded Copernicus studies Order volume for the OHB Group totals EUR 24 million Stockholm, Milan, June 20, 2018.  OHB Sweden and OHB Italia, the subsidiaries of the space and technology group OHB SE, have been awarded contract two studies on...