08.03.2018
OHB SE DE0005936124
DGAP-News: OHB SE: OHB now also with a key role in the second ExoMars mission - Order received for carrier module for the long journey to the Red Planet
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OHB SE: OHB now also with a key role in the second ExoMars mission - Order
received for carrier module for the long journey to the Red Planet
08.03.2018 / 15:33
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Bremen, March 8, 2018. OHB System AG, a subsidiary of listed space and
technology company OHB SE, and Thales Alenia Space, joint venture Thales 67%
and Leonardo 33%, have signed a contract worth EUR 102.6 million under which
the Bremen-based space systems specialist is to supply the carrier module
for the second ExoMars mission. The ExoMars program is developed in an
international cooperation established between the European Space Agency ESA
and the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, for the purpose of searching for
traces of life on the Red Planet.
OHB carrier module for a safe journey to Mars
With this second ExoMars mission going by the name of "ExoMars Rover and
Surface Platform Mission" (RSP), OHB's carrier module will be transporting a
descent module, containing a landing platform and a European rover to Mars
in July 2020.
As a member of the core team of the mission lead manager of the European
Space Agency ESA, Thales Alenia Space, Italy, OHB will be supplying a
structural model, an electronics test stand, the flight model and
replacement parts, various items of ground equipment and mathematical
simulation models for the carrier. For its part, OHB will be in charge of a
core team that delivers the subsystems for the carrier and comprises proven
partners RUAG Switzerland (responsible for the structure and mechanical
ground equipment), Belgian affiliate Antwerp Space (supplying the X-band
communications system and electronic ground equipment) and Thales Alenia
Space UK (in charge of the propulsion system). The carrier flight model is
to be shipped to Thales Alenia Space in Italy (Turin) in February 2019 for
its integration together with the other modules and subsequently to France
(Cannes), where testing of the complete satellite composite will be
performed prior to leave for the Baikonur launch site. OHB sent the
structural model to the customer at the beginning of 2017 followed by the
electronics test stand at the beginning of 2018.
ExoMars: two missions - one program
The ExoMars program is divided into two missions to the Red Planet: The
trace gas orbiter (TGO) and an entry and landing module were launched in
2016. Successfully commenced at the end of last year, the TGO scientific
mission is to continue until the end of 2022. OHB was responsible for the
core module of the TGO, thus making the largest German contribution to the
first mission in a subcontract also awarded by Thales Alenia Space.
With the assistance of a fixed Russian station and the mobile rover, the
second mission is to continue and intensify the search for traces of life on
Mars. In addition to the carrier components mentioned above, OHB will also
be supplying key elements of the Mars Rover. In this connection, it will be
contributing its expertise in selecting, preparing, distributing and
analyzing soil samples taken from a depth of up to two meters. To this end,
OHB experts at the company's Oberpfaffenhofen site have developed a
high-resolution camera, a complex system built into the rover for preparing
and distributing the samples and contributions to the RAMAN/RLS laser
instrument for mineralogical examinations on the planet's surface.
Contact:
Investor Relations
Martina Lilienthal
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-720
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-613
E-Mail: [email protected]
Corporate Communications
Günther Hörbst
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-9438
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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