OHB AG: 'Vesselsat2' launched successfully

OHB AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous

10.01.2012 / 10:14

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'Vesselsat2' launched successfully 

Yesterday, at 03:17 UTC, also the second Luxembourg-built satellite
'VesselSat2' was launched from the Chinese Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre
on board a Long March 4B rocket  (Chang Zheng-4B - Y26) into a polar orbit.
About 4 hours later, a first contact was established with the satellite
through the LUXSPACE ground station at Redu, Belgium. Vesselsat2 was
designed and built by LUXSPACE Sarl, an affiliate of OHB AG (Prime
Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124) in only one year. The exclusive rights to use
the data of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) payload belong to
ORBCOMM Inc., a global supplier of satellite-based communication and data
services.

Vesselsat2 weighs 28 kg and will be integrated into ORBCOMM's  Next
Generation (OG2) constellation of 18 AIS-enable satellites after an
in-orbit test and checkout phase.

A first satellite, VesselSat1, was already launched in October 2011, is
fully functional and has been integrated into the OG2 system and ORBCOMM's
Satellite AIS Service as well. The analysis of Vesselsat1 data has shown
that it significantly outperforms prior space-based technologies.


Contact:
Investor Relations
Michael Vér
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-727
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-613
E-Mail: michael.ver@ohb.de


Corporate Communications
Steffen Leuthold
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-620
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-9898
E-Mail: steffen.leuthold@ohb.de


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