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OHB System AG built the first in-orbit validation Galileo satellite and subsequently built 38 Galileo satellites, of which 26 are now in orbit.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipJan 26, 2021Contracts for EUR €1.47 Billion Go to Aerospace Giants for Galileo’s Second Gen Satellites

Performance measurements of the current OHB-built Galileo satellites in orbit have led to an increased predicted lifetime for those satellites.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipJan 26, 2021Contracts for EUR €1.47 Billion Go to Aerospace Giants for Galileo’s Second Gen Satellites

OHB System AG, the manufacturer of 38 Galileo satellites to date, did not receive any of the two contracts for 12 second-generation satellites.

Mentioned as: OHB System AGTechnical ProductJan 26, 2021Contracts for EUR €1.47 Billion Go to Aerospace Giants for Galileo’s Second Gen Satellites

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. of the UK built the payloads for the OHB-built Galileo satellites.

Mentioned as: OHBNarrative GeneralJan 26, 2021Contracts for EUR €1.47 Billion Go to Aerospace Giants for Galileo’s Second Gen Satellites

OHB has an ongoing contract to provide 34 Galileo satellites, of which 22 have been delivered and the remaining 12 are in various stages of production.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipJan 21, 2021Airbus, Thales win second-generation Galileo satellite contracts

OHB partnered with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for the current Galileo satellite contract, with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. providing the navigation payload.

Mentioned as: OHBTechnical ProductJan 21, 2021Airbus, Thales win second-generation Galileo satellite contracts

The OHB launch was the first of Rocket Lab's planned launches for 2021.

Mentioned as: OHBNarrative GeneralJan 20, 2021Rocket Lab launches secretive communications satellite for OHB

Rocket Lab successfully launched a communications satellite for German company OHB Group on 2021-01-20.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipJan 20, 2021Rocket Lab launches secretive communications satellite for OHB

OHB procured the launch in August and Rocket Lab agreed to launch the payload within six months.

Mentioned as: OHBNarrative GeneralJan 20, 2021Rocket Lab launches secretive communications satellite for OHB

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.

Mentioned as: OHBNarrative GeneralJan 20, 2021UPDATE 3: A Successful ‘Another One Leaves The Crust’ Launch Completed By Rocket Lab

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.

Mentioned as: OHBNarrative GeneralJan 20, 2021UPDATE 3: A Successful ‘Another One Leaves The Crust’ Launch Completed By Rocket Lab

The payload for Rocket Lab’s scheduled Electron mission is a single communications satellite built by OHB that will enable specific frequencies to support future services from orbit.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipJan 5, 2021Virgin Orbit, Rocket Lab schedule first launches of 2021

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.

Mentioned as: ohb seTechnical ProductNov 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.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipOct 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.

Mentioned as: OHB SEOrg RelationshipOct 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.

Mentioned as: OHBNarrative GeneralSep 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.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipSep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU

The European Space Agency finalized a 129,400,000 EUR contract with German satellite manufacturer OHB on 2020-09-15 to build the Hera asteroid spacecraft.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2020OHB to build ESA’s Hera asteroid mission

OHB will lead a team of companies from 17 ESA member states to complete the Hera spacecraft.

Mentioned as: OHBOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2020OHB to build ESA’s Hera asteroid mission

OHB is building the final 12 Galileo first-generation satellites under ESA’s "Batch 3," which will sustain the constellation until the second-generation satellites are in orbit.

Mentioned as: ohbTechnical ProductAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation
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