17.11.2016
OHB SE DE0005936124
DGAP-News: OHB SE: Four Galileo FOC satellites successfully launched all at once
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OHB SE: Four Galileo FOC satellites successfully launched all at once
17.11.2016 / 18:36
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Kourou, November 17th 2016
Another four Galileo FOC* satellites developed and built by OHB System AG
(subsidiary of OHB SE, Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124) have been
successfully launched on board an Ariane 5 ES launcher, which lifted off
from the Kourou space center in French-Guiana today at 14:06 CET.
Some four hours later they reached their planned orbit at an altitude of
around 23,000 kilometers. Shortly after they sent their first "sign of
life" to the CNES/ESOC team at the Control Center in Toulouse. Over the
next few days, these four satellites will be undergoing their preliminary
function testing.
Executive board member, Dr. Ingo Engeln, responsible for Institutional
Space Programs says: "Following the successful initialization, a stable
connection with the satellites has been established and the solar panels
have been unfolded and correctly aligned towards the sun. All the ten
previously launched Galileo FOC satellites have already demonstrated their
full functional and performance capabilities. The production in Bremen and
the environmental tests in Noordwijk of the remaining eight satellites are
proceeding according to our schedule."
In the coming weeks, the Galileo control center in Oberpfaffenhofen will
take over responsibility for controlling the four satellites on behalf of
ESA and the European Commission. Later, also the payloads supplied by
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will be set in operation from the
center in Oberpfaffenhofen.
"With regards to the rest of the satellites under production, we are still
within schedule", adds OHB Director for Navigation, Dr. Wolfgang Paetsch.
"On the one hand this is due to the excellent cooperation between our teams
and SSTL. On the other hand, we have in the meantime been able to refine
our processes so that we could considerably optimise the time schedules
during the production and the mandatory test campaigns. With our flexible
production islands we are able to deliver two complete satellites every
three months."
OHB System AG being the industrial prime contractor is responsible for
supplying 22 Galileo FOC navigation satellites. Today's successful launch
brings the number of OHB-built satellites in orbit to a new total of
fourteen, with a further eight satellites to follow. OHB in Bremen has used
seven islands in parallel for the production of the Galileo FOC satellites.
Each of the Galileo FOC satellites has been named after one of the children
who won a painting competition held by the European Commission in 2011. The
names of these four satellites are the following: Antonianna, Lisa,
Kimberley and Tijmen.
* The phase up to attaining full operation capability (FOC) of the Galileo
Programme will be funded by the European Union. The European Commission and
the European Space Agency ESA have signed a joint transfer agreement which
stipulates that the ESA will be the Authority acting on behalf of the
Commission for Development and Procurement responsibilities. The opinions/
illustrations shown here do not necessarily represent the position on this
topic of the European Union or the ESA. Galileo is a registered trademark
of EU and ESA in provision with HABM Application No. 002742237.
Contact:
Investor Relations
Martina Lilienthal
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-720
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-613
E-Mail: [email protected]
Corporate Communications
Martin Stade
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-620
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-9898
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Language: English
Company: OHB SE
Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Str. 8
28359 Bremen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)421 2020 8
Fax: +49 (0)421 2020 613
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.ohb.de
ISIN: DE0005936124
WKN: 593612
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Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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