Annual rank97
Germany · Industrials
OHB
Develops complete satellite systems and missions, space-access infrastructure, and data-driven applications and digital services.
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
current context only
Company profile
Build the spacecraft, enable the launch and use the data
OHB is a Bremen-headquartered group of about 4,000 people at 18 locations. Its three segments span spacecraft, access to space, and digital ground and data services. The distinctive feature is a network model: OHB System, OHB Italia, OHB Sweden, MT Aerospace and digital subsidiaries take different prime, supplier, operations or application roles across European programmes.
Navigation, weather and Earth observation
Separate prime, platform, builder and operator roles across four constellations
OHB System was prime contractor for 34 first-generation Galileo satellites, with 30 in orbit by December 2025. For MTG-S1 it built the Sounder satellite and the platforms used across six MTG spacecraft, while Thales Alenia Space led the wider industrial consortium and EUMETSAT manages mission control and data distribution. Eight new OHB Italia satellites expanded the optical-and-AIS Eaglet II constellation to 16; OHB Sweden is prime contractor to deliver 20 satellites for EPS-Sterna.
- Follow the Galileo production record OHB System's prime role and the first-generation satellites in orbit
- See how MTG-S1 divides responsibilities Sounder, platform, consortium-lead and operator roles
- Open the IRIDE Eaglet II constellation Eight new OHB Italia satellites expanding Eaglet II to 16
- Explore EPS-Sterna OHB Sweden's contract to deliver 20 polar-weather satellites
- ▶ VideoWatch CO2M track human emissions Official English OHB film on observing anthropogenic carbon dioxide from space
Science and exploration
Move from exoplanets to gravitational waves and planetary defence
LISA gives OHB System its first prime-contractor role on an ESA large-class science mission: it will build three spacecraft for gravitational-wave detection under an €839 million contract. OHB System led PLATO's thermal-vacuum campaign, a pre-launch test for the 26-camera exoplanet observatory. OHB Italia is prime contractor for the RAMSES spacecraft, OHB System performs structural integration and OHB Czechspace supplies additional support structures; for Argonaut, OHB System supplies three LDE subsystems under Thales Alenia Space Italy.
- Read the LISA programme record Three spacecraft and OHB System's first ESA L-class prime role
- Enter PLATO's space-simulation campaign Thermal-vacuum testing before the exoplanet observatory leaves Earth
- Build the RAMSES probe The distinct roles of OHB Italia, OHB System and OHB Czechspace
- See OHB System's Argonaut subsystems Navigation, communications and power work beneath the lander prime
- Open the planetary-defence programme How Hera experience feeds the next asteroid mission
- ▶ VideoWatch the Hera spacecraft come together Official English OHB film from the asteroid probe's assembly campaign
Access to space
Supply Ariane hardware without claiming the launcher
MT Aerospace, wholly owned since October 2025, supplies cryogenic tanks, structures and booster hardware accounting for about 10% of Ariane 6. ArianeGroup remains the launcher's lead contractor and design authority; MT Aerospace's 2025 series order covers structural components and tanks for Ariane 6 flight models 16–42. MT Aerospace Guyane, MT Aerospace AG's separate Kourou subsidiary, maintains launch infrastructure and supports propulsion, ground and campaign services for Ariane and Vega.
- Map the Access to Space segment Launcher hardware, spaceport operations and the companies behind them
- Inspect MT Aerospace hardware Tanks, structures, boosters and spacecraft components
- See the four-booster Ariane 6 fly OHB's current account of MT Aerospace's industrial workshare
- Open the flight-model series order Series production of structural components and tanks for Ariane 6
- Check the ArianeGroup boundary Lead contractor and design authority versus MT's component scope
- Go inside Kourou operations Infrastructure, propulsion, ground systems and launch campaigns
Ground systems and digital services
Operate the mission, improve the data and turn it into decisions
OHB Digital Connect operates satellites through its Multi-Mission Control Center and has upgraded ground stations for Germany's SATCOMBw system. It is also developing AI super-resolution for MTG-I1 weather data. In the Urban View Demonstrator, OHB Digital Services leads work on urban green spaces while Digital Connect focuses on heat-island analysis, preserving the distinction between the two subsidiaries.
- Map the Digital segment Ground systems, satellite operations and downstream applications
- Use the Multi-Mission Control Center A modular service for single satellites and constellations
- Upgrade military ground stations OHB Digital Connect's completed SATCOMBw ground-station upgrade
- Sharpen weather data with AI Super-resolution work for MTG-I1 satellite imagery
- Separate the Urban View roles Green-space and heat-island work assigned to different subsidiaries
- ▶ VideoWatch satellite operations as a service Official English OHB film inside the Multi-Mission Control Center
Official profile sources: About the Company: Who We Are · The OHB Story · Space Systems
Current 2026 update
2026 highlights
Launch-capability update announced 24 July 2026 · 24 July 2026
Launch-capability update announced 24 July 2026latest official update
4curated 2026 highlights
+108%2026 stock return · context only
Order book expands
OHB's order backlog reached €3.35bn at 31 March, 44.9% above the prior-year level.
Growth capital
OHB set a €300 subscription price for an up-to-€510.7m capital increase and approved 1,605,388 shares for its first tranche.
Autonomous Moon landings
OHB authorised MDA Space UK to begin work on a LiDAR sensor designed to help ESA's Argonaut lander detect hazards and select a safe landing site.
European launch capability
OHB and European Spaceport Company said preparations were under way for sovereign, flexible launch capability using maritime and land-based platforms.
Official 2026 sources: Earnings Call: Q1 / Three-Month Results 2026 · 7 May 2026 · OHB SE resolves on up to EUR 510.7 million capital increase with subscription rights at EUR 300 per new share and upfront private placement · 22 June 2026 · OHB SE resolves on the issue of 1,605,388 new shares representing the first tranche of the up to 8.86% capital increase with subscription rights · 23 June 2026 · OHB Strengthens Argonaut Lunar Mission with MDA Space Landing Sensor Partnership · 21 July 2026 · OHB und European Spaceport Company begrüßen Pläne von Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius zum Ausbau von Startmöglichkeiten für Trägerraketen · 24 July 2026
Annual record
Ranking history
Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.
| Edition | Measurement period | Rank | Revenue growth | Net-income growth | Stock return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FY2022–FY2025 | 97 | +29% | +55% | +276% |