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Corporate | 19 January 2007 09:05

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OHB Technology AG: SAR-Lupe 1 successfully put into operation and supplying superb images

**OHB Technology AG / Miscellaneous**

Corporate news transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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SAR-Lupe 1 successfully put into operation and supplying superb images

Bremen, January 19, 2007. The first German reconnaissance satellite in the
SAR-Lupe system has been orbiting the earth for exactly one month now. Over
the past few days, it has repeatedly generated high-resolution radar
images, thus proving its full operability.

'We are very proud of the superb results which we have achieved with this,
the first SAR-Lupe satellite,' says Prof. Manfred Fuchs, CEO of OHB-System
AG (a subsidiary of OHB Technology AG). The Bremen-based space technology
company is the main contractor for the SAR-Lupe system.

The first of a total of five radar satellites was launched on board a
Russian COSMOS 3M on December 19, 2006 and placed in a low-earth orbit at
an altitude of 500 kilometers. 'Everything from the launch to the
generation of the radar images has gone off without a hitch,' adds Fuchs.
Shortly after being launched, the satellite started transmitting via the
Kerguelen ground station in the Southern Indian Ocean. After merely an hour
it was clear that the satellite was stable in its planned orbit and ready
and able to receive commands. This was followed by comprehensive testing of
the individual satellite subsystems. One of the initial highlights was the
successful maneuver to fold out the antenna boom, being the only movable
element of the satellite which must be positioned correctly. This maneuver
was completed successfully two days after the launch. A further milestone
in activating the satellite entailed the initial attitude control maneuvers
shortly before the end of the year to prepare for the first imaging
activities.

On January 8, 2007, the satellite control was handed over from DLR-GSOC to
the military ground station, which then proceeded to activate the radar
system for generating SAR images. Only the German Federal Armed Forces’
ground station in Gelsdorf is able to task the satellite and receive the
resultant images. The first SAR-Lupe radar image was received from the
orbiting satellite last Friday. As of yesterday evening, images in all the
planned modes and resolutions had been generated.

This demonstrates that the entire imaging chain, comprising the ground
segment functions, attitude control of the satellite, the radar transmitter
and receiver, data transfer to the ground and also image processing, is
working properly. The quality of the images fully lives up to expectations.

'The satellite is working very well and we are more than satisfied with the
images which we have received,' says Wolfgang Perkert, project manager for
the customer, the German Federal Office of Defense Technology and
Procurement (BWB), who satisfied himself of the success of the project in
Gelsdorf in the middle of this week.

The next SAR-Lupe satellite is scheduled to enter its low-earth orbit in
July, with the entire system to be up and running by 2008.

Please direct any inquiries to:

OHB Technology AG
Michael Vér
Investor Relations
Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Str. 8
28359 Bremen
Tel.: +49 (0)421 2020-727
E-Mail: ir@ohb-technology.de, http://www.ohb-technology.de 






DGAP 19.01.2007 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       OHB Technology AG
              Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Str. 8
              28359 Bremen Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)421 2020 8
Fax:          +49 (0)421 2020 613
E-mail:       ir@ohb-technology.de
WWW:          www.ohb-technology.de
ISIN:         DE0005936124
WKN:          593612
Indices:      
Listed:       Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin-Bremen, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
 
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