Galileo: Anna and Ellen on their way to space

the last two Galileo FOC satellites* from Batch 2. They left the factory site in Bremen at around 12:30 p.m[...] . At the end of July they together with two other Galileo satellites will be transported into space in the nose[...] to the airport in Luxembourg and then to Cayenne Airport in French...

All systems go: Four more OHB satellites for Galileo cleared for launch on July 25

11. July 2018 Press Release All systems go: Four more OHB satellites for Galileo cleared[...] satellites assembled by Bremen-based satellite engineering company OHB System AG under the second batch[...] Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou, where the navigation satellites will be placed in orbit on...

Four in one go: OHB Galileo satellites successfully launched

13. July 2018 Press Release Four in one go: OHB Galileo satellites successfully launched Lift off[...] , Samuel, Anna and Ellen: Today at 13.25 hours (CET) the final four Galileo FOC* satellites from Batch[...] their fingers for a successful flight. The satellites reached their destination just...

OHB’s Galileo satellite successfully positioned in orbit

09. February 2018 Press Releases OHB’s Galileo satellite successfully positioned in orbit Bremen[...] , December 13, 2017.  The four satellites for the Galileo European navigation system reached[...] into orbit, our four satellites activated their systems, unfolded their solar panels and aligned...

Satellite-based radar reconnaissance for Germany

07. August 2019 Press Release Satellite-based radar reconnaissance for Germany OHB awarded[...] of the listed company OHB SE, is also developing and implementing SARah, the second satellite-based radar[...] of three modern satellites with complementary radar technology as well as two ground...

Successful launch for Heinrich Hertz mission

satellite on its way into space A part of European space history takes off: the last Ariane 5 rocket carries[...] launch site Kourou in French Guyana. Together with the French communication satellite Syracuse[...] -4B, the German technology demonstrator and communication satellite Heinrich Hertz...

OHB prime contractor for development and assembly of the LEO-PNT navigation demonstration satellites

demonstration satellites Mission to demonstrate ability to strengthen and enhance the Galileo constellation[...] satellites and the associated payloads for the LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit - Positioning Navigation Timing[...] ) navigation satellite programme. The contract between the client ESA...

SARah satellites successfully launched

Press Release SARah satellites successfully launched New reconnaissance system of the German Armed[...] Forces complete Bremen/Vandenberg, 24 December 2023 – The two reflector satellites of the SARah[...] satellites were received. This has kicked-off the so-called Launch and Early Orbit Phase...

OHB celebrates the successful launch of EnMAP

04. April 2022 Press Release OHB celebrates the successful launch of EnMAP Environmental satellite[...] / Oberpfaffenhofen / Bremen, April 1, 2022. What a picture perfect launch: The EnMAP hyperspectral satellite[...] a Falcon 9 rocket from US space company SpaceX. Everything went as planned: The...

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

instrument for the European MetOp-SG weather satellites CGS SpA Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio[...] for the MetOp Second Generation (SG) weather satellites. As a result, the overall value of the MWI contract[...] is a sophisticated instrument that will be installed on board the Satellite B...