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OHB SE

January 01, 1970

OHB SE, headquartered in Bremen, is a European space and technology group specializing in the development and implementation of complete space systems, the production of components for various launcher programs as well as the operation of satellite systems and the processing and provision of the data collected. The company employs over 3,000 people at 15 locations in ten countries, most of them in Europe.

OHB SE
Company typeSocietas Europaea
ISINDE0005936124 
IndustryAerospace technology
Founded1981
HeadquartersBremen, Germany
Key people
RevenueEUR 945 million[1] (2022)
Number of employees
3,025 [1] (2022)
Websitewww.ohb.de
Main building in Bremen

The majority owner is the family around the founders Christa and Manfred Fuchs.

Corporate history edit

In 1981, Christa Fuchs took over Otto Hydraulik Bremen GmbH. Founded in 1958, the Hemelingen-based company had five employees at the time and was engaged in the construction and repair of electrical and hydraulic ship systems for the German Federal Armed Forces. Together with MBB-ERNO as project leader and the Sarstedt shipyard, OHB won the contract for the construction of the MPOSS (Multi-Purpose Oil Skimming System) lead ship in 1984. Manfred Fuchs, then director of space flight at MBB-ERNO, had the idea of entering the space industry with OHB as well. In 1985, he therefore moved to his wife's company. Among the first space contracts was the Mikroba project (microgravity with balloon), a project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the DFVLR (now the German Aerospace Center), which involved experiments in free fall. Furthermore, OHB developed a space-qualified centrifuge for the Spacelab space laboratory for testing blood and urine samples.

As the number of employees grew, the premises at Hemelinger Hafendamm became too small. OHB built a new headquarters near the University of Bremen, which was opened in October 1988. Manfred Fuchs' vision was to develop smaller and thus less expensive satellites; this was also one reason for renaming the company Orbital- und Hydrotechnologie Bremen-System GmbH in 1991. Together with the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) at the University of Bremen, OHB developed BremSat, one of the first German small satellites. It was launched into space on board the Discovery on February 3, 1994. A further milestone was the SAFIR (Satellite for Information Relay) satellite series for position determination and object tracking, which also marked OHB's entry into the telecommunications market. As early as 1993, OHB Teledata GmbH was established for this purpose, specializing in telematics systems. In the same year, OHB built the COLUMBUS integration hall on its premises for the construction and integration of the satellites. With the acquisition of further major projects such as ABRIXAS and the growing number of employees, the company's headquarters soon became too small. Directly adjacent to the existing buildings, the new headquarters at Universitätsallee 29 were inaugurated in 1995. In 2001, a further building was constructed in what was then Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Straße (now Manfred-Fuchs-Platz) together with a modern clean room hall.

OHB subsequently took the lead in the development of the major SAR-Lupe project, a satellite reconnaissance system on behalf of the Bundeswehr. In addition, the company was selected as a supplier for the International Space Station (ISS) and for the European Columbus station module. Meanwhile, OHB System AG and OHB Teledata AG, which had been listed on the stock exchange since the previous year, were merged to form OHB Technology AG in 2002.[2] Over the next few years, further acquisitions and the establishment of various subsidiaries followed. Among other things, OHB acquired the MAN subsidiary MAN Technologie AG (now MT Aerospace) in 2005.[3] In 2008, an attempt to acquire the three German Airbus plants in Nordenham, Varel and Augsburg failed. According to a report in Manager Magazin, the plan was to create a new listed aviation Group. Under the leadership of OHB, a company with 6,700 employees and sales of around one billion euros was to be created.[4] In 2009, OHB acquired the Italian aerospace company Carlo Gavazzi Space (founded in 1981, now OHB Italia).[5]

In January 2010, the company was awarded a contract for the construction of 14 satellites for the Galileo navigation system. The contract was worth EUR 566 million.[6][7] A year later, Berry Smutny, the CEO of OHB-System AG, was dismissed after WikiLeaks published details of a conversation Smutny had with American embassy officials. Smutny reportedly called Galileo a "stupid idea" that wasted European taxpayers' money.[8] Later in the year, the company acquired Thales Alenia Space Antwerp, which has since operated as Antwerp Space.[9] At the beginning of 2011, the previous five business segments were combined to form the two segments Space Systems and Aerospace + Industrial Products. In May of this year, the annual general meeting resolved to rename OHB Technology AG into OHB AG.[10] In addition, OHB acquired the "Space Systems Division" of Swedish Space Corporation in the same year, which was renamed OHB Sweden in the process.[11]

In addition, the company developed the modular SmallGEO satellite platform, which serves as the basis for further major projects such as the H36W-1 communications satellite of the Spanish operator Hispasat and the third generation of Meteosat weather satellites. In 2013, the company was awarded a prime contract to develop and deliver a successor to the SAR-Lupe satellite reconnaissance system.

At the beginning of September 2014, the two largest subsidiaries, Bremen-based OHB System AG and Munich-based Kayser-Threde GmbH, merged to form OHB System AG with facilities in Bremen and Munich.[12] This was followed in December 2015 by the relocation of the Munich site to a new building in Oberpfaffenhofen.[13] OHB has been registered as a European Company (Societas Europaea) in the commercial register since March 2015.[14]

With its investment in Rocket Factory Augsburg AG, the company has been participating in the development of a small launch vehicle (microlauncher) since 2018.[15]

In 2020, the restructuring of the business segments was announced. All service activities arising from space technologies and data have since been combined in the third segment DIGITAL.

Business segments edit

 
Activities and companies of the three business segments

Space Systems edit

This segment focuses on the development and production of near-Earth and geostationary satellites for navigation, science, communications, Earth and weather observation and reconnaissance, including scientific payloads. In the exploration area, concepts are developed for the exploration of our solar system. In astronautical space flight, the focus lies on equipping and operating the International Space Station (ISS) and the future lunar station Gateway.

Aerospace edit

The segment focuses on the production and development of products such as large load-bearing, weight-optimized structures, booster housings as well as cryogenic and satellite tanks for the aerospace industry. Among other things, OHB is the largest German supplier for the Ariane program[16] as well as an established manufacturer of components for satellite platforms, launch vehicles and aircraft such as SmallGEO, NASA's Space Launch System and the civil aircraft division of Airbus.

The participation Rocket Factory Augsburg AG is currently developing its own small launch vehicle (microlauncher) as a system supplier.

Digital edit

This segment brings together all services and solutions associated with space systems and their utilization. These include satellite operations, ground systems, antennas, optical and radio telescopes, and applications for transportation and mobility.

Other important components in this segment are downstream applications, i.e. the development and sale of software products for the use of space-based data from the areas of Earth observation, ship tracking (AIS) and navigation, infrastructure services for Deutsche Bahn's rail network, and IT services.

Projects edit

The company has been working on numerous German, European and international projects related to small satellites, crewed space flight as well as security and reconnaissance technologies.

Further reading edit

  • Rietz, Frank-Erhardt (2006). Danela Sell (ed.). 25 Jahre OHB : eine Zeitreise (in German). Bremen: OHB. ISBN 978-3-000-20410-4.
  • Sell, Danela; Thaeter, Joachim (2018). Marco Fuchs (ed.). Ein Pionier der Raumfahrt: Manfred Fuchs - Die Biografie (in German). Bremen: Schünemann, Carl Verlag. ISBN 978-3-960-47038-0.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. ^ "9-Month Report 2002" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. ^ "OHB - Formale Übernahme der MT Aerospace". FinanzNachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  4. ^ "Börsenpläne für Airbus-Werke". Manager Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  5. ^ Horntrich, Markus. "OHB Technology kauft Carlo Gavazzi Space". www.deraktionaer.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  6. ^ a b "Contracts for Galileo sat-nav". 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  7. ^ "OHB and SSTL selected for the construction of 14 Galileo navigation satellites. - OHB System ENG". www.ohb-system.de. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  8. ^ "22.10.2009: OHB-SYSTEM CEO CALLS GALILEO A WASTE OF GERMAN TAX PAYER MONEY". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  9. ^ "Nine-Month Report 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  10. ^ "Six-month report 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  11. ^ Selding, Peter B. de (2011-06-24). "OHB Purchases SSC's Space Systems Division". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  12. ^ "Merger of OHB System AG and Erwin Kayser-Threde GmbH now completed - OHB System ENG". www.ohb-system.de. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  13. ^ "Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  14. ^ "OHB AG converted into OHB SE". OHB SE. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  15. ^ "ABOUT". Rocket Factory Augsburg. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  16. ^ "DLR - Raumfahrtagentur - Ariane 5 - Europas Zugang zum All". www.dlr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  17. ^ Dunmore, Charlie (1 February 2012). "UPDATE 1-OHB beats EADS to Galileo satellite contract -sources". Reuters.
  18. ^ de Selding, Peter B. (2015-03-19). "Competition To Build OneWeb Constellation Draws 2 U.S., 3 European Companies". Space News. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  19. ^ Messier, Doug (2014-11-11). "WorldVu Satellites Issues RFP for 640 Satellites". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  20. ^ Flyeye: the bug-eyed telescope monitoring our skies on YouTube
  21. ^ "Flyeye Telescope". ESA. European Space Agency. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  22. ^ Cibin, L; Chiarini, M; Bernardi, F; Ragazzoni, R; Salinari, P (2016). "NEOSTEL: the telescope detail design program for the ESA optical ground network dedicated to NEO discovery and tracking". Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana. 87: 197. Bibcode:2016MmSAI..87..197C.
  23. ^ "Optical and testing elements for the NEOSTEL telescope" (PDF). TOPTEC Research Centre for Special Optics and Optoelectronic Systems. Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and ESRF collaborate on space technologies". scitecheuropa.eu. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  25. ^ "OHB annual report 2018" (PDF). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  26. ^ "OHB: Konzentration führt zu Wachstum". OHB SE (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  27. ^ "Giant Magellan Telescope signs contract for telescope structure | Giant Magellan Telescope". 30 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-05.

External links edit

  • Official website

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OHB SE headquartered in Bremen is a European space and technology group specializing in the development and implementation of complete space systems the production of components for various launcher programs as well as the operation of satellite systems and the processing and provision of the data collected The company employs over 3 000 people at 15 locations in ten countries most of them in Europe OHB SECompany typeSocietas EuropaeaISINDE0005936124 IndustryAerospace technologyFounded1981HeadquartersBremen GermanyKey peopleMarco R Fuchs CEO Robert Wethmar Chair of Supervisory Board RevenueEUR 945 million 1 2022 Number of employees3 025 1 2022 Websitewww ohb de Main building in Bremen The majority owner is the family around the founders Christa and Manfred Fuchs Contents 1 Corporate history 2 Business segments 2 1 Space Systems 2 2 Aerospace 2 3 Digital 3 Projects 4 Further reading 5 References 6 External linksCorporate history editIn 1981 Christa Fuchs took over Otto Hydraulik Bremen GmbH Founded in 1958 the Hemelingen based company had five employees at the time and was engaged in the construction and repair of electrical and hydraulic ship systems for the German Federal Armed Forces Together with MBB ERNO as project leader and the Sarstedt shipyard OHB won the contract for the construction of the MPOSS Multi Purpose Oil Skimming System lead ship in 1984 Manfred Fuchs then director of space flight at MBB ERNO had the idea of entering the space industry with OHB as well In 1985 he therefore moved to his wife s company Among the first space contracts was the Mikroba project microgravity with balloon a project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the DFVLR now the German Aerospace Center which involved experiments in free fall Furthermore OHB developed a space qualified centrifuge for the Spacelab space laboratory for testing blood and urine samples As the number of employees grew the premises at Hemelinger Hafendamm became too small OHB built a new headquarters near the University of Bremen which was opened in October 1988 Manfred Fuchs vision was to develop smaller and thus less expensive satellites this was also one reason for renaming the company Orbital und Hydrotechnologie Bremen System GmbH in 1991 Together with the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity ZARM at the University of Bremen OHB developed BremSat one of the first German small satellites It was launched into space on board the Discovery on February 3 1994 A further milestone was the SAFIR Satellite for Information Relay satellite series for position determination and object tracking which also marked OHB s entry into the telecommunications market As early as 1993 OHB Teledata GmbH was established for this purpose specializing in telematics systems In the same year OHB built the COLUMBUS integration hall on its premises for the construction and integration of the satellites With the acquisition of further major projects such as ABRIXAS and the growing number of employees the company s headquarters soon became too small Directly adjacent to the existing buildings the new headquarters at Universitatsallee 29 were inaugurated in 1995 In 2001 a further building was constructed in what was then Karl Ferdinand Braun Strasse now Manfred Fuchs Platz together with a modern clean room hall OHB subsequently took the lead in the development of the major SAR Lupe project a satellite reconnaissance system on behalf of the Bundeswehr In addition the company was selected as a supplier for the International Space Station ISS and for the European Columbus station module Meanwhile OHB System AG and OHB Teledata AG which had been listed on the stock exchange since the previous year were merged to form OHB Technology AG in 2002 2 Over the next few years further acquisitions and the establishment of various subsidiaries followed Among other things OHB acquired the MAN subsidiary MAN Technologie AG now MT Aerospace in 2005 3 In 2008 an attempt to acquire the three German Airbus plants in Nordenham Varel and Augsburg failed According to a report in Manager Magazin the plan was to create a new listed aviation Group Under the leadership of OHB a company with 6 700 employees and sales of around one billion euros was to be created 4 In 2009 OHB acquired the Italian aerospace company Carlo Gavazzi Space founded in 1981 now OHB Italia 5 In January 2010 the company was awarded a contract for the construction of 14 satellites for the Galileo navigation system The contract was worth EUR 566 million 6 7 A year later Berry Smutny the CEO of OHB System AG was dismissed after WikiLeaks published details of a conversation Smutny had with American embassy officials Smutny reportedly called Galileo a stupid idea that wasted European taxpayers money 8 Later in the year the company acquired Thales Alenia Space Antwerp which has since operated as Antwerp Space 9 At the beginning of 2011 the previous five business segments were combined to form the two segments Space Systems and Aerospace Industrial Products In May of this year the annual general meeting resolved to rename OHB Technology AG into OHB AG 10 In addition OHB acquired the Space Systems Division of Swedish Space Corporation in the same year which was renamed OHB Sweden in the process 11 In addition the company developed the modular SmallGEO satellite platform which serves as the basis for further major projects such as the H36W 1 communications satellite of the Spanish operator Hispasat and the third generation of Meteosat weather satellites In 2013 the company was awarded a prime contract to develop and deliver a successor to the SAR Lupe satellite reconnaissance system At the beginning of September 2014 the two largest subsidiaries Bremen based OHB System AG and Munich based Kayser Threde GmbH merged to form OHB System AG with facilities in Bremen and Munich 12 This was followed in December 2015 by the relocation of the Munich site to a new building in Oberpfaffenhofen 13 OHB has been registered as a European Company Societas Europaea in the commercial register since March 2015 14 With its investment in Rocket Factory Augsburg AG the company has been participating in the development of a small launch vehicle microlauncher since 2018 15 In 2020 the restructuring of the business segments was announced All service activities arising from space technologies and data have since been combined in the third segment DIGITAL Business segments edit nbsp Activities and companies of the three business segments Space Systems edit This segment focuses on the development and production of near Earth and geostationary satellites for navigation science communications Earth and weather observation and reconnaissance including scientific payloads In the exploration area concepts are developed for the exploration of our solar system In astronautical space flight the focus lies on equipping and operating the International Space Station ISS and the future lunar station Gateway Aerospace edit The segment focuses on the production and development of products such as large load bearing weight optimized structures booster housings as well as cryogenic and satellite tanks for the aerospace industry Among other things OHB is the largest German supplier for the Ariane program 16 as well as an established manufacturer of components for satellite platforms launch vehicles and aircraft such as SmallGEO NASA s Space Launch System and the civil aircraft division of Airbus The participation Rocket Factory Augsburg AG is currently developing its own small launch vehicle microlauncher as a system supplier Digital edit This segment brings together all services and solutions associated with space systems and their utilization These include satellite operations ground systems antennas optical and radio telescopes and applications for transportation and mobility Other important components in this segment are downstream applications i e the development and sale of software products for the use of space based data from the areas of Earth observation ship tracking AIS and navigation infrastructure services for Deutsche Bahn s rail network and IT services Projects editThe company has been working on numerous German European and international projects related to small satellites crewed space flight as well as security and reconnaissance technologies Examples of OHB satellite missions for telecommunication earth observation and reconnaissance are Small GEO Hispasat AG1 BREMSAT SAFIR 1 amp 2 BIRD RUBIN ABRIXAS and the first German reconnaissance satellite system SAR Lupe Examples of OHB microgravity facilities are the International Space Station racks Fluid Science Laboratory and European Physiology Modules Projects OHB demonstrated at the 2006 Berlin Air Show included CONDOR ARDS an airborne modular reconnaissance system and Mona Lisa a study for planning and implementing a lunar exploration program On 7 January 2010 the European Commission announced that the contract to build the first 14 operational satellites for the Galileo Global Satellite Navigation System was awarded to OHB System and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited SSTL Fourteen satellites will be built at a cost of 566m 6 In February 2012 an additional order of eight satellites was awarded to OHB System AG for 250M after outbidding EADS Astrium tender offer Thus bringing the total to 22 FOC satellites 17 In 2014 2015 OHB was in talks with OneWeb as part of a potential joint venture to open a new facility for manufacturing approximately 900 200 kg 440 lb small Internet delivery satellites OHB is just one of five European and US manufacturers competing to build these sub US 500 000 satellites 18 19 In 2018 the ESA NEOSTEL Flyeye telescope was under construction due for completion in 2019 ready for installation in Sicily in 2020 by the Italian Space Agency 20 21 22 23 In 2018 the Institut Laue Langevin and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility announce a new partnership between the two research centers and OHB SE 24 In 2018 OHB SE spun off the start up company Rocket Factory Augsburg AG RFA 25 RFA s goal is the development of a highly reliable low cost small satellite launcher 26 In 2019 MT Mechatronics subsidiary of OHB SE together with Illinois based Ingersoll Machine Tools signed a contract to build the support structure of the Giant Magellan Telescope The total value of the contract is 135 million The structure is expected to be delivered to Chile at the end of 2025 27 Further reading editRietz Frank Erhardt 2006 Danela Sell ed 25 Jahre OHB eine Zeitreise in German Bremen OHB ISBN 978 3 000 20410 4 Sell Danela Thaeter Joachim 2018 Marco Fuchs ed Ein Pionier der Raumfahrt Manfred Fuchs Die Biografie in German Bremen Schunemann Carl Verlag ISBN 978 3 960 47038 0 References edit a b Annual Report 2022 PDF Retrieved 6 September 2023 9 Month Report 2002 PDF Retrieved 2023 09 06 OHB Formale Ubernahme der MT Aerospace FinanzNachrichten de in German Retrieved 2023 09 06 Borsenplane fur Airbus Werke Manager Magazin in German Retrieved 2023 09 06 Horntrich Markus OHB Technology kauft Carlo Gavazzi Space www deraktionaer de in German Retrieved 2023 09 06 a b Contracts for Galileo sat nav 2010 01 07 Retrieved 2023 09 06 OHB and SSTL selected for the construction of 14 Galileo navigation satellites OHB System ENG www ohb system de Retrieved 2023 09 06 22 10 2009 OHB SYSTEM CEO CALLS GALILEO A WASTE OF GERMAN TAX PAYER MONEY www aftenposten no in Norwegian Bokmal 2011 01 13 Retrieved 2023 09 06 Nine Month Report 2010 PDF Retrieved 2023 09 06 Six month report 2011 PDF Retrieved 2023 09 06 Selding Peter B de 2011 06 24 OHB Purchases SSC s Space Systems Division SpaceNews Retrieved 2023 09 06 Merger of OHB System AG and Erwin Kayser Threde GmbH now completed OHB System ENG www ohb system de Retrieved 2023 09 06 Annual Report 2015 PDF Retrieved 2023 09 06 OHB AG converted into OHB SE OHB SE Retrieved 2023 09 06 ABOUT Rocket Factory Augsburg Retrieved 2023 09 06 DLR Raumfahrtagentur Ariane 5 Europas Zugang zum All www dlr de in German Retrieved 2023 09 06 Dunmore Charlie 1 February 2012 UPDATE 1 OHB beats EADS to Galileo satellite contract sources Reuters de Selding Peter B 2015 03 19 Competition To Build OneWeb Constellation Draws 2 U S 3 European Companies Space News Retrieved 20 March 2015 Messier Doug 2014 11 11 WorldVu Satellites Issues RFP for 640 Satellites Parabolic Arc Retrieved 20 March 2015 Flyeye the bug eyed telescope monitoring our skies on YouTube Flyeye Telescope ESA European Space Agency Retrieved 10 December 2018 Cibin L Chiarini M Bernardi F Ragazzoni R Salinari P 2016 NEOSTEL the telescope detail design program for the ESA optical ground network dedicated to NEO discovery and tracking Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana 87 197 Bibcode 2016MmSAI 87 197C Optical and testing elements for the NEOSTEL telescope PDF TOPTEC Research Centre for Special Optics and Optoelectronic Systems Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Retrieved 11 December 2018 Institut Laue Langevin ILL and ESRF collaborate on space technologies scitecheuropa eu 8 August 2018 Retrieved 16 August 2018 OHB annual report 2018 PDF 31 December 2018 Retrieved 23 March 2021 OHB Konzentration fuhrt zu Wachstum OHB SE in German Retrieved 2021 03 23 Giant Magellan Telescope signs contract for telescope structure Giant Magellan Telescope 30 October 2019 Retrieved 2020 01 05 External links editOfficial website 53 06 01 N 8 51 25 E 53 10028 N 8 85694 E 53 10028 8 85694 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title OHB SE amp oldid 1218895488, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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