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OHB SE, headquartered in Bremen, Germany, is a European space and technology group specializing in the development and implementation of complete space systems. As a system provider, OHB is involved in satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, science, and reconnaissance, as well as manned spaceflight and exploration. They are a major supplier to the Ariane program and partner with organizations like the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA on missions such as Hera and Comet Interceptor.

commercialFounded 1958
History · 1 eventJan 1, 1991 · Otto Hydraulik Bremen renamed OHB System, pivots to space technology
Bremen, Germany
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Rocket Lab successfully launched a communications satellite for German company OHB Group on 2021-01-20.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jan 20, 2021Rocket Lab launches secretive communications satellite for OHB

Electron’s Kick Stage on the 'Another One Leaves The Crust' mission used its relightable Curie engine to raise apogee and act as a space tug to deliver the OHB Cosmos payload to its precise orbital destination.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.4Jan 20, 2021UPDATE 3: A Successful ‘Another One Leaves The Crust’ Launch Completed By Rocket Lab

OHB Cosmos International Launch Service GmbH is the launch service division of OHB Group and is responsible for launching spacecraft built by OHB Group’s satellite manufacturers in Germany, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.0Jan 20, 2021UPDATE 3: A Successful ‘Another One Leaves The Crust’ Launch Completed By Rocket Lab

Thales Alenia Space France leads the CHIME mission and OHB SE of Germany is building the CHIME instruments under contracts valued at a combined 455,000,000 EUR.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.6Nov 13, 2020ESA signs a trio of Copernicus contracts worth 1.3 billion euros

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), the launch arm of OHB SE, was founded in 2018 and is independently developing the RFA One small launcher.

CapabilityPlanGeneralValue 3.0Oct 21, 2020Sweden ups investment to bring orbital launches to Esrange by 2022

Rocket Factory Augsburg was founded in 2018 as the launch arm of German space technology company OHB SE.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.0Oct 1, 2020German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg picks Norway for maiden flight of RFA One smallsat launcher

The European Space Agency signed a €129.4-million contract with German company OHB for the detailed design, manufacturing, and testing of the HERA mission.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityPlanValue 5.0Sep 30, 2020GMV to design the navigation and control system for ESA’s planetary defense mission

ESA signed a 445-million-euro contract with Germany’s OHB Space Systems on 2020-07-31 to build a pair of satellites for the Copernicus Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 5.0Sep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU

The ESA-led competition to select second-generation Galileo suppliers is arranged on behalf of the European Commission and pits OHB against Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

OHB bested an Airbus and Thales Alenia Space consortium in 2011 to build the Galileo first-generation constellation and has been the prime contractor for the satellites since then.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Aug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Rocket Factory Augsburg, an OHB company, received a 500,000-euro award from the German space agency DLR as part of a competition to foster small launch vehicles.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.4Jul 15, 2020German launch startups win DLR funds • Comtech wants out of Gilat merger • ClearSpace forming debris removal team

Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy is building the MTG satellites using satellite platforms from German manufacturer OHB.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 10, 2020Eumetsat shifts two tardy satellites to Ariane 6

The Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (CO2M) mission will carry a near-infrared and shortwave-infrared spectrometer to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by human activity, with OHB-System Germany leading development on a €445 million contract.

CapabilityRelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0Jul 6, 2020Thales Alenia Space wins lion’s share of newly awarded Copernicus contracts

OHB Space Systems of Germany was awarded a €445 million contract to lead development of a Copernicus mission targeting anthropogenic carbon dioxide monitoring.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 5.0Jul 6, 2020Thales Alenia Space wins lion’s share of newly awarded Copernicus contracts

OHB and Israel Aerospace Industries signed an agreement in January 2019 to cooperate on the Lunar Surface Access Service program to deliver payloads to the lunar surface.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2May 13, 2020OHB and IAI plan commercial lunar lander mission in late 2022

German space company OHB is planning a commercial lunar lander mission in cooperation with Israel Aerospace Industries in late 2022.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 13, 2020OHB and IAI plan commercial lunar lander mission in late 2022

OHB Systems expects to win roughly 2,000,000,000 EUR in new business in 2020.

FinancialGrowthValue 4.0Mar 18, 2020OHB says coronavirus may delay satellite projects but won’t cost revenue

OHB Systems is standing by its forecast of generating 1,100,000,000 EUR in revenue 2020.

FinancialValue 4.0Mar 18, 2020OHB says coronavirus may delay satellite projects but won’t cost revenue

OHB Systems reported 1,030,000,000 EUR in revenue for 2019, a 30-million-euro increase from 2018.

FinancialValue 4.6Mar 18, 2020OHB says coronavirus may delay satellite projects but won’t cost revenue

OHB Systems reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 78,300,000 EUR in 2019, up from 65,000,000 EUR in 2018.

FinancialValue 4.5Mar 18, 2020OHB says coronavirus may delay satellite projects but won’t cost revenue
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