OHB SE

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.[6] A key product of the corporation is fully integrated spacecraft.[7] At present OHB is the third largest corporation in Europe's space sector.[8]

OHB SE
TypeSocietas Europaea
ISINDE0005936124 
IndustryAerospace, Technology
Founded1958
Headquarters
Bremen
,
Germany
Number of locations
10
Key people
  • Marco R. Fuchs (CEO)
  • Christa Fuchs (Chair of Supervisory Board)
ProductsSatellites
Revenue €1.005 billion (2019)[1]
€49.109 million (2019)[1]
€25.543 million (2019)[1]
Total assets €931.019 million (2019)[1]
Total equity €200.830 million (2019)[1]
Number of employees
2,933 (31 December 2019)[1]
Divisions
  • Space Systems
  • Aerospace + Industrial Products
Websiteohb.de
Footnotes / references
[2][3][4][5]
OHB System (Bremen), Offices and Integration Hall
OHB System (Bremen), Offices

The company OHB System AG is a major constituent of the OHB corporation. This company was founded in 1958 as a marine systems outfitter.[9] The name OHB originates from this time; the name is an initialism of Otto Hydraulic Bremen. 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.[10]

Organisation

OHB is set up as a Societas Europae – a European company. The OHB SE group encompasses subsidiaries across the European Union.

Business UnitSubsidiaryLocationLegal FormShare
Space SystemOHB SystemBremen & Oberpfaffenhofen, GermanyAG100%
OHB ItaliaMilan, ItalyS.p.A.100%
LuxSpaceBetzdorf, LuxembourgSàrl100%
Antwerp SpaceAntwerp, BelgiumN.V.100%
OHB SwedenStockholm, SwedenAB100%
OHB CzechspaceKlatovy & Brno, Czech Republics.r.o.100%
OHB HellasAthens, Greecemon.E.P.E100%
Aerospace +
Industrial Products		MT AerospaceAugsburg, GermanyAG70%
MT MechatronicsMainz, GermanyGmbH70%
MT Aerospace GuyaneKourou, French GuianaS.A.S.70%
OHB TeledataBremen, GermanyGmbH100%
OHB Digital ServicesBremen, GermanyGmbH74.9%

Projects

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

As of 2019 OHB hopes to have a small rocket launcher capable of sending 200 kilograms to low Earth orbit conduct a first flight by the end of 2021.

Corporate history

The OHB Systems AG was founded in 1958 as a marine outfitter company in Hemelinger harbour, Bremen. The name is an initialism of Otto Hydraulic Bremen.

In 1981 Christa and Manfred Fuchs became involved with OHB. At the time OHB was a small company of 5 employees doing hydraulic and electrical work, mainly for the Bundeswehr. In 1985 Manfred Fuchs took over the OHB completely. Under Fuchs, OHB changed its focus to satellite and aviation technology. In 2000, the company changed the meaning of OHB to High-technology Bremen Orbitals (German:Orbitale Hochtechnologie Bremen).

In 2009, the company had grown into 1,600 employee company.

In 1 September 2014, OHB Systems AG and Kayser-Threde Gmbh merged.

References
  1. "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. "Locations". OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. "Management Board". OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. "Supervisory Board". OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. "Annual Financial Report 2016" (PDF). OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. "Business Units". OHB SE. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). OHB AG. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  8. 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.
  9. "Interviews - Wei Sun". International Astronautical Federation. June 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  10. "OHB System ENG - Milestones". OHB System. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  11. , "EU awards Galileo satellite-navigation contracts", BBC News, 7 January 2010
  12. Dunmore, Charlie (1 February 2012). "UPDATE 1-OHB beats EADS to Galileo satellite contract -sources". Reuters.
  13. 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.
  14. Messier, Doug (2014-11-11). "WorldVu Satellites Issues RFP for 640 Satellites". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  15. Flyeye: the bug-eyed telescope monitoring our skies on YouTube
  16. "Flyeye Telescope". ESA. European Space Agency. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  17. 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.
  18. "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.
  19. "Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and ESRF collaborate on space technologies". scitecheuropa.eu. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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