OHB SE

OHB SE
Societas Europaea
Industry Technology
Headquarters Bremen, Germany
Number of locations
10
Key people
  • Marco R. Fuchs (CEO)
  • Christa Fuchs (Chair of Supervisory Board)

Products Spacecraft
Website ohb.de
Footnotes / references
[1]
OHB building 1 and SAR Lupe integration building
OHB building 3

OHB SE is a European multinational technology corporation. Headquartered in Bremen, Germany, the corporation consists of the two business divisions Space Systems and Aerospace + Industrial Products.[2] A key product of the corporation is fully integrated spacecraft.[3] At present OHB is the third largest corporation in Europe's space sector.[4]

The company OHB System AG is a major constituent of the OHB corporation. This company was founded in 1958 as a marine systems outfitter.[5] However the activities of the company shifted toward space technology in the 1980s after the couple Christa Fuchs and Manfred Fuchs took over ownership of the company.[6]

Projects

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

References

  1. OHB System AG. "OHB System ENG - Space Systems + Security". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. "Business Units". OHB SE. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). OHB AG. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. de Selding, Peter (28 April 2014). "Manfred Fuchs, 75, Partnered with Wife To Make OHB Europe’s Third Biggest Space Prime". SpaceNews. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. "Interviews - Wei Sun". International Astronautical Federation. June 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  6. "OHB System ENG - Milestones". OHB System. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. , "EU awards Galileo satellite-navigation contracts", BBC News, 7 January 2010
  8. Dunmore, Charlie (1 February 2012). "UPDATE 1-OHB beats EADS to Galileo satellite contract -sources". Reuters.
  9. 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.
  10. Messier, Doug (2014-11-11). "WorldVu Satellites Issues RFP for 640 Satellites". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

Coordinates: 53°06′01″N 8°51′25″E / 53.10028°N 8.85694°E / 53.10028; 8.85694

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