TEXUS-53: Mission accomplished!

06. February 2018 Press Releases TEXUS-53: Mission accomplished! Research at Microgravity: An unmanned rocket from the TEXUS series accomplished a scientific research flight last Saturday. It was launched at 9:30 a.m. CET from the European launch site ESRANGE in Kiruna in northern Sweden. During...

OHB Sweden selected to build propulsion systems for the space research satellite EUCLID

06. February 2018 Press Releases OHB Sweden selected to build propulsion systems for the space research satellite EUCLID OHB Sweden (a subsidiary of OHB SE, ISIN DE0005936124) has been appointed as supplier of both the chemical propulsion system as well as the fluidic part of the micro-propulsion...

Visit by Luxembourg deputy prime minister Schneider to OHB in Bremen

06. February 2018 Press Releases Visit by Luxembourg deputy prime minister Schneider to OHB in Bremen Bremen, February 4, 2016.  The deputy prime minister and economics minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Etienne Schneider, commenced his two-day stay in Bremen with a visit to space...

Italian ambassador Benassi visited honorary consulate and OHB in Bremen

06. February 2018 Press Releases Italian ambassador Benassi visited honorary consulate and OHB in Bremen The Italian ambassador to Germany, Mr. Pietro Benassi, yesterday traveled to the honorary consulate in Bremen as well as the space technology company OHB, which is managed by honorary consul...

OHB and China All Access are Partnering to Develop Advanced Satellite Communications Applications for the Chinese Market

06. February 2018 Press Releases OHB and China All Access are Partnering to Develop Advanced Satellite Communications Applications for the Chinese Market China All Access (Holdings) Limited (“China All Access”, stock code: 633.HK) and OHB SE (Prime Standard; ISIN: DE0005936124) announced today a...

ESA, SES and OHB agree on realisation of Electra

06. February 2018 Press Releases ESA, SES and OHB agree on realisation of Electra SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and OHB System AG (subsidiary of OHB SE, Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124) announced today the signature of contracts for the next phase of the...

ExoMars 2016 lifted off from Baikonur

06. February 2018 Press Releases ExoMars 2016 lifted off from Baikonur The ExoMars 2016-Mission, including the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli, was launched this morning at 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET) aboard a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The confirmation of the...

Successful Launch: ExoMars on its way to the Red Planet

06. February 2018 Press Releases Successful Launch: ExoMars on its way to the Red Planet The first of two joint ESA–Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet’s atmosphere that could indicate present-day...

Next two Galileo-FOC Satellites arrived at Spaceport Kourou

06. February 2018 Press Releases Next two Galileo-FOC Satellites arrived at Spaceport Kourou Kourou, 06.04.2016.  The next two Galileo FOC* satellites (Danielè and Alizée) designed and built by OHB System AG for the European Navigation System, have arrived safe and sound at the launch site in...

Inauguration of the new “Optics & Science” OHB Space Center in Oberpfaffenhofen

06. February 2018 Press Releases Inauguration of the new “Optics & Science” OHB Space Center in Oberpfaffenhofen The new OHB Space Center in Oberpfaffenhofen is one of the most modern centers for optical systems and science missions in the space industry. In an official inauguration ceremony held...

Galileo FOC satellites Danielè and Alizée successfully launched

06. February 2018 Press Releases Galileo FOC satellites Danielè and Alizée successfully launched Kourou, May 24, 2016.  Known as Danielè and Alizée, another two Galileo FOC* satellites developed and built by OHB System AG have been successfully launched on board a Soyuz launcher, which lifted off...

Service agreement for the Paranal observatory in Chile expanded

07. February 2018 Press Releases Service agreement for the Paranal observatory in Chile expanded Santiago de Chile May 17, 2016.  Chilean-based MT Mecatronica SpA, a subsidiary of OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124) has once again won the international tender for the provision of maintenance...

Dividend of € 0.40 per share approved for 2015 by the annual general meeting

07. February 2018 Press Releases Dividend of € 0.40 per share approved for 2015 by the annual general meeting Bremen, May 25, 2016.  The shareholders of the OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124) will receive a dividend of EUR 0.40 per share entitled to dividend for 2015 (previous year EUR...

Fraunhofer Technology Day at OHB System AG

07. February 2018 Press Releases Fraunhofer Technology Day at OHB System AG Memorandum of Understanding Signed On June 22, 2016, OHB System AG and Fraunhofer Space Alliance signed a memorandum of understanding for a long-term research and development partnership. The memorandum was signed during a...

OHB in mourning following the death of Horst Rauck

07. February 2018 Press Releases OHB in mourning following the death of Horst Rauck Following the sudden death of Horst Rauck, the Supervisory Board and Management Board together with the employees of OHB SE are mourning the loss of a friend and great space pioneer. Horst Rauck died last Sunday,...

Antwerp Space receives work order for the Communications-Subsystem of JUICE

07. February 2018 Press Releases Antwerp Space receives work order for the Communications-Subsystem of JUICE Antwerp Space, a subsidiary of german-based and listed technology group OHB SE (ISIN DE0005936124) has been awarded a contract for the delivery of the JUICE Spacecraft’s Communication...

CGS signed the conversion contract for the realization of the MWI instrument for the European MetOp-SG weather satellites

07. February 2018 Press Releases CGS signed the conversion contract for the realization of the MWI instrument for the European MetOp-SG weather satellites CGS SpA Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio, a subsidiary of the listed technology group OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124) and Airbus...

OHB awarded contract by DLR Space Administration for the technological management of technologies for the Heinrich Hertz satellite mission

07. February 2018 Press Releases OHB awarded contract by DLR Space Administration for the technological management of technologies for the Heinrich Hertz satellite mission OHB System AG, a subsidiary of listed technology group OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124), has been awarded a contract...

The Dream Chaser® for European Utilization Program Takes Flight with Memorandum of Understanding

07. February 2018 Press Releases The Dream Chaser® for European Utilization Program Takes Flight with Memorandum of Understanding The Dream Chaser® for European Utilization (DC4EU) program kicked off its pilot phase with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Sierra Nevada Corporation...

Antwerp Space awarded a contract for the realisation of the LaRa instrument for ExoMars 2020

07. February 2018 Press Releases Antwerp Space awarded a contract for the realisation of the LaRa instrument for ExoMars 2020 Antwerp Space N.V., a subsidiary of the listed space and technology group OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124), signed a contract with ESA for supplying the...

ExoMars TGO reaches Mars orbit while EDM situation under assessment

07. February 2018 Press Releases ExoMars TGO reaches Mars orbit while EDM situation under assessment The ExoMars-Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) with a core module (MTP) designed and built by OHB, has successfully performed the long 139-minute burn required to be captured by Mars and entered an elliptical...

Antwerp Space’s new clean room opens doors toward new European space programmes

07. February 2018 Press Releases Antwerp Space’s new clean room opens doors toward new European space programmes Antwerp, 26 October 2016  – Today Antwerp Space has officially opened its new clean room, in the presence of Belgian State Secretary for Science Policy Elke Sleurs and Mayor of Antwerp...

OHB proceeds with consolidation phase for ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission

07. February 2018 Press Releases OHB proceeds with consolidation phase for ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission OHB System AG, subsidiary of listed technology and space group OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124), has successfully competed in the competition for the consolidation phase of ESA’s...

OHB Contributing to ESA’s Earth Explorer Mission FLEX

07. February 2018 Press Releases OHB Contributing to ESA’s Earth Explorer Mission FLEX OHB System AG was contracted to play a substantial role in the European Earth Explorer mission FLEX which is scheduled for launch in 2022. For the prime contractor Leonardo-Finmeccanica, OHB will design and...

Four Galileo FOC satellites successfully launched all at once

07. February 2018 Press Releases Four Galileo FOC satellites successfully launched all at once Kourou, November 17th 2016.  Another four Galileo FOC* satellites developed and built by OHB System AG have been successfully launched on board  an Ariane 5 ES launcher, which lifted off from the Kourou...