Company profile

Antwerp Space, a member of the OHB AG Group (ISIN: DE0005936124, Prime Standard) and belonging to OHB's Space Systems business unit, develops systems, which initially accommodated the growing needs of the European space program and have found application in a broad range of commercial space applications worldwide. Antwerp Space provides expertise and system solutions for broadband access systems via satellites, satellite ground control stations for the reception of data from observation satellites and for the control of spacecraft, and test systems used during the integration of satellites. 

Antwerp Space designs and sells

• High performance demodulators
  • for Earth Observation,
  • for satellite telemetry, command and ranging and
  • for MF-TDMA DVB-RCS burst
• High performance RF converters

Besides being a satellite ground equipment manufacturer, Antwerp Space also designs, develops, integrates and tests telecom and security projects like Galileo Mission Data Dissemination Network (MDDN) and has experience with Electrical Ground System Equipment for spaceborne structures like the Automated Transfer  Vehicle (ATV).

The products and expertise of the highly qualified staff at Antwerp Space are used in commercial programs and ESA programs for scientific applications, earth observation, manned space programs and telecommunications research.

Antwerp Space is based in Hoboken, Belgium and currently employs around 40 persons, the majority of which hold an engineering degree, with strong expertise in the areas of digital signal processing; hardware and software design and in the management and technical lead of complex projects.