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DGAP-News: OHB SE: Successfully passed: First important test for OHB's EDRS-C satellite
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OHB SE: Successfully passed: First important test for OHB's EDRS-C satellite
10.08.2018 / 15:25
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Bremen / Ottobrunn, 10. August 2018. OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the
Bremen-based space and technology group OHB SE, is the principal contractor
for the development and construction of the EDRS-C satellite for the
European Data Relay System (EDRS). The European Data Relay System, which is
also referred to as SpaceDataHighway, is a public-private partnership
between ESA and Airbus. The telecommunications satellite arrived at the IABG
space testing where it he has to undergo several months of testing before it
is launched into space. The satellite has successfully passed the first
test, the so-called space simulation test.
The EDRS-C satellite will remain at the testing center until around April
2019. Roughly five weeks before the scheduled launch date in the second
quarter of 2019, it will be shipped to the launch pad in Kourou in French
Guyana, where it will be transported into space on board an Ariane 5.
The EDRS-C telecommunications satellite is based on the SmallGEO platform
developed by OHB System as part of ESA's Advanced Research in
Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program. After its launch next year, the
satellite will join the first satellite EDRS-A at an altitude of 36,000
kilometers.
The dedicated EDRS-C satellite is fitted with a data relay payload with a
laser communications terminal (LCT) for satellite-to-satellite links. Both
have been supplied by Tesat-Spacecom. OHB System AG has developed and built
the satellite in a contract for Airbus.
Information on the European Data Relay System can be found on the ESA
website:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/EDRS
Information on the SmallGEO platform can be found on OHB SE's website:
https://www.ohb.de/de/space-systems/satelliten/
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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