former new zealand port authority see port chalmers . ohb se type societas europaea industry aerospace headquarters bremen germany number of locations 2 bremen and oberpfaffenhofen key people marco r. fuchs ceo christa fuchs chair of supervisory board citation needed products spacecraft website ohb.de footnotes references 1 ohb building 1 and sar lupe integration building ohb building 3 ohb se is a european company that develops and manufactures space systems . a key product of the company is fully integrated satellites . 2 the company was founded in 1958 as a marine systems outfitter . 3 however the activities of the company shifted toward space technology in the 1980s after the couple christa fuchs and manfred fuchs took over leadership of the company . 4 at present ohb is the third largest space company of europe . 5 projects edit 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 . examples of ohb satellite missions for telecommunication earth observation and reconnaissance are small geo hispasat ag1 bremsat safir 1 & 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 euros 811m ; 510m . 6 the first two are expected to be ready in october 2012 . needs update in february 2012 an additional order of eight satellites was awarded to ohb systems for 250m 327m after outbidding eads astrium tender offer . thus bringing the total to 22 foc satellites . 7 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 . 8 9 references edit ohb system ag . ohb system eng space systems security . retrieved 1 september 2014 . annual report 2013 pdf . ohb ag . 19 march 2014 . retrieved 5 september 2014 . interviews wei sun . international astronautical federation . june 2009 . retrieved 6 september 2014 . ohb system eng milestones . ohb system . retrieved 5 september 2014 . 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 . 1 eu awards galileo satellite navigation contracts bbc news 7 january 2010 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 . external links edit oficial website coordinates 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 & oldid 720232077 categories aerospace companies of germanydefence companies of germanycompanies based in bremenspacecraft manufacturerssocietates europaeaehidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015wikipedia articles in need of updating from march 2015coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitalianoplattd tschportugu ssuomi edit links this page was last modified on 14 may 2016 at 15 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view