{
 "slug": "ohb-1-billion-iris2-contract-ses-18-medium-orbit-satellites-launches-2029",
 "title": "OHB Takes a EUR 1 Billion IRIS² Contract From SES for 18 Medium-Orbit Satellites, Launches From 2029",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/ohb-1-billion-iris2-contract-ses-18-medium-orbit-satellites-launches-2029/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/ohb-1-billion-iris2-contract-ses-18-medium-orbit-satellites-launches-2029/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-31T20:32:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-02T20:32:43.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBremen, 31 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * OHB signed a contract worth roughly EUR 1 billion with satellite operator SES to build 18 medium-Earth-orbit satellite platforms for IRIS²\n * Each platform is about 15 kilowatts and roughly 2.6 tonnes launch mass; first launches are planned for 2029, with services from 2030\n * SES holds the MEO segment within the SpaceRISE consortium, alongside Eutelsat and Hispasat, under the implementation agreement signed 7 August\n * OHB chief executive Mar",
 "countries": [],
 "domains": [
  "industry"
 ],
 "capabilities": [
  "space"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "spc-space"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "airbus",
  "france",
  "poland"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "france",
   "poland"
  ],
  "domains": [
   "industry"
  ],
  "capabilities": []
 }
}