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ESA had previously intended to procure a transition batch of upgraded Galileo satellites but chose to move directly from the first generation to the second generation and spread out launches for the remaining 12 first-generation satellites OHB is building.
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.
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.
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.
The 2.55-billion-euro ESA funding is sufficient for Airbus, Thales Alenia Space, and OHB to start building the Copernicus satellites.
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.
Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy is building the MTG satellites using satellite platforms from German manufacturer OHB.
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.
OHB Space Systems of Germany was awarded a €445 million contract to lead development of a Copernicus mission targeting anthropogenic carbon dioxide monitoring.
German space company OHB is planning a commercial lunar lander mission in cooperation with Israel Aerospace Industries in late 2022.
Under the Lunar Surface Access Service program OHB will serve as the prime contractor and handle payloads while Israel Aerospace Industries will provide a lander based on the design of SpaceIL’s Beresheet lander.
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.
OHB Systems is standing by its forecast of generating 1,100,000,000 EUR in revenue 2020.
OHB Systems reported 1,030,000,000 EUR in revenue for 2019, a 30-million-euro increase from 2018.
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.
OHB Systems expects to win roughly 2,000,000,000 EUR in new business in 2020.
Celestia Technologies Group bought Antwerp Space’s ground systems division from OHB.
About 50 of the roughly 3,000 people working at OHB are focused on the launcher program.
OHB builds satellites ranging in mass from 5 kg to 5,000 kg.
OHB revealed plans to develop its own rocket targeting the small satellite market served by Rocket Lab’s Electron.