Hello, This is what I saw on the French Challenges magazine. If this is not suitable for a separate thread (I really wondered where to post it), I'll ask mods to place it somewhere else.Link:https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/ariane-6-le-coup-de-poignard-de-l-allemand-ohb-qui-pousse-spacex_805619Apparently OHB wants the Galileo satellites to be launched with SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets instead of Ariane 6. This is quite surprising as OHB is a minority shareholder in Arianespace. Unfortunately, most of the article is behind a paywall. Still the basic message is clear: OHB wants Brussels to buy three Falcon 9 launches which would put 2 Galileo satellites per launch. The idea is to send the satellites to space in short term.
Hi, this issue is being discussed here: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=55854.100So, you can repost it there and ask mods to delete this thread.
Quote from: Rebel44 on 03/21/2022 07:32 amHi, this issue is being discussed here: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=55854.100So, you can repost it there and ask mods to delete this thread.I disagree. This thread is for the OHB proposal, which is NOT being discussed in the thread you referenced. It has also nothing to do with the going away of Soyuz. Has everything to do with OHB being a bunch of sore losers.
OHB SE is a European multinational technology corporation. Headquartered in Bremen, Germany, the corporation consists of the two business divisions Space Systems and Aerospace + Industrial Products. A key product of the corporation is fully integrated spacecraft. At present OHB is the third largest corporation in Europe's space sector.The company OHB System AG is a major constituent of the OHB corporation. This company was founded in 1958 as a marine systems outfitter. The name OHB originates from this time; the name is an initialism of Otto Hydraulic Bremen. However the activities of the company shifted toward space technology in the 1980s after the couple Christa Fuchs and Manfred Fuchs took over ownership of the company.