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27. January 2017

ARIANE 6 launching facilities: development of mechanical systems fully on schedule

MT Mechatronics GmbH, Mainz (MTM, a subsidiary of MT Aerospace AG in Augsburg) has today successfully completed the first project review of the mechanical systems for the launching facilities for the new ARIANE 6. The contract had been awarded by the French space agency CNES on October 7, 2016 via the parent company MT Aerospace AG.

15. December 2016

MT Mechatronics and Max Planck Institute to collaborate on the large-scale radio telescope project SKA

Mainz/Bonn, 15 December 2016. The Mainz-based telescope and antenna specialist MT Mechatronics GmbH (MTM, a subsidiary of OHB SE, Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124) and Bonn's Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) today signed an agreement to build a prototype antenna together for the radio telescope project SKA that is currently in development.

10. October 2016

MT Aerospace awarded contract for mechanical systems of ARIANE 6 ground facilities

Paris/Augsburg. MT Aerospace, a subsidiary of listed technology group OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124), and the French space agency CNES signed a contract on Friday, October 7th, about the realization of the launch facilities for ARIANE 6 at Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French-Guiana.

17. May 2016

Service agreement for the Paranal observatory in Chile expanded

Chilean-based MT Mecatronica SpA, a subsidiary of OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124) has once again won the international tender for the provision of maintenance and engineering-support services to European Southern Observatory's Paranal astronomical observatory.

16. February 2015

IXV Re-entry Vehicle Safely Controlled by MT Aerospace Body Flaps

Augsburg, February 16, 2015. The European Space Agency’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) last Wednesday successfully performed a precisely executed re-entry test flight and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

26. August 2014