DGAP-News: OHB SE: Galileo FOC satellites Danielè and Alizée successfully launched


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OHB SE: Galileo FOC satellites Danielè and Alizée successfully launched

24.05.2016 / 15:49
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Kourou, May 24, 2016

Known as Danielè and Alizée , another two Galileo FOC* satellites developed
and built by OHB System AG, a subsidiary of OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN
DE0005936124) have been successfully launched on board a Soyuz launcher,
which lifted off from the Kourou space center in French-Guiana today at
10:48 CEST.

Less than 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 ESOC Control Center in Darmstadt. Over the next few days, the
two satellites will be undergoing preliminary function testing.

Executive board member, Dr. Ingo Engeln, responsible for navigation says:
"Following the successful initialisation, a stable connection with the two
satellites has been established and the solar panels have been unfolded and
correctly aligned towards the sun. All the previously launched Galileo FOC
satellites have already demonstrated their full functional and performance
capabilities. Our satellite production in Bremen and environmental tests in
Noordwijk are proceeding according to schedule."

In the coming week, the Galileo control center in Oberpfaffenhofen will
take over responsibility for controlling Danielè and Alizée on behalf of
ESA and the European Commission. Later on also the payloads supplied by
SSTL will be set in operation from Oberpfaffenhofen.

OHB System AG being the industrial prime contractor is responsible for
supplying a total of 22 Galileo FOC navigation satellites. Today's
successful launch brings the number of OHB-built satellites in orbit to a
new total of ten, with a further 12 to follow. OHB in Bremen is using seven
islands in parallel for the production of the Galileo FOC satellites.



About OHB System AG
OHB System AG is one of the three leading space companies in Europe. It
belongs to Bremen-based listed high-tech group OHB SE, where around 2,000
specialists and executives work on key European space programs. With more
than three decades of experience, OHB System AG specializes in high-tech
solutions for space. This includes low-orbiting and geostationary
satellites for earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, science
and space exploration as well as systems and experiments for human space
flight.

*The FOC (full operational capability) phase of the Galileo program is
being funded and executed by the European Union. The European Commission
and the European Space Agency ESA have signed a contract under which ESA
acts as the development and sourcing agency on behalf of the Commission.
The view expressed here does not necessary reflect the official position of
the European Union and/or ESA. "Galileo" is a registered trademark owned by
the EU and ESA and registered under OHIM application number 002742237.



Contact:
Investor Relations
Martina Lilienthal
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-720
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-613
E-Mail: martina.lilienthal@ohb.de


Corporate Communications
Martin Stade
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-620
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-9898
E-Mail: martin.stade@ohb.de


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