Space Encounter: How OHB's IPO led to greater transparency

discipline in business conduct than would perhaps be the case with another form of family-run corporation[...] levels is also one of the main consequences of going public as a medium-sized family business. Our IPO[...] the company can then grow by conquering new markets, making acquisitions,...

Dusty business: Why lunar dust poses a special challenge

of the mission. In this interview, Dr Axel Müller, Lead Expert Cleanliness and Contamination Control at OHB[...] of avoiding contamination on technical components are not applicable. It is not for nothing that NASA[...] properties. It can also contaminate optics and settle on solar cells and...

OHB with a successful launch into a geostationary orbit

. We are very confident of achieving good performance from the end of March,” says Dr. Dieter Birreck[...] , the responsible project manager at OHB System AG. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) satellite control center[...] from OHB Italia are working around the clock at the satellite control center...

Koen Puimège appointed as managing director to lead Antwerp Space N.V.

, this appointment is a logical next step to re-install a local management in Belgium in order to continue[...] and the fantastic team behind it. I am convinced that we are able to grow the company further and contribute[...] , Radio-science instruments and satellite ground control stations for the...

80-square-meter photo collage by Michael Najjar installed at the OHB event center

the twelve astronauts walking and working together on the lunar surface, conducting experiments, collecting[...] , the composition of the moon landscape is intended to convey the emptiness of the untouched territory while[...] of OHB) signing the photo collage. © OHB Contact for media...

Contract for electro-optical reconnaissance system signed

08. February 2018 Press Releases Contract for electro-optical reconnaissance system signed Bremen[...] SE, has today signed a contract with the customer for the implementation of a global electro-optical satellite[...] system for reconnaissance. The contract has a budget of up to EUR 400 million....

“Family-owned companies are islands of stability and anchors for continuity”

that the company is in good condition as he has the most to lose. Family-run companies avoid certain dubious things[...] to be willing to work for smaller margins as long as the company is in good condition. This is because[...] © OHB 21. March 2018 “Family-owned companies are islands of...

Space Encounter: Why the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not

of view, there are certainly 1,000 good reasons to conduct research there and possibly even to set[...] into the vastness of space is an invaluable contribution to further and deeper understanding of how the universe[...] life exists beyond Earth? Exploration provides answers to fundamental...

Destination Venus part 2: Why a mission to venus can spark the development of new technologies

universities to bring measuring instruments into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search[...] on the surface Jan Wörner, ESA Director General, is convinced that a mission to Venus would directly benefit[...] 9, 2005. The data collected by the probe in the atmophere of the...

RFA Portugal is awarded a contract to develop and qualify launcher structures

26. March 2021 Press Release RFA Portugal is awarded a contract to develop and qualify launcher[...] AG (RFA) successfully concluded the contractual negotiations to develop composite structures of its launch[...] companies want to conquer commercially. A number of startups are currently...