Orbital Propulsion Centre
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The Orbital Propulsion Centre Lampoldshausen, a Division of ArianeGroup, is the European competence centre for development and production of satellite and orbital propulsion systems. Founded in 1963 by Ludwig Bölkow as a branch of the Bölkow-Entwicklungs-KG, the centre is situated within the German Aerospace Center (DLR) site at Lampoldshausen, Germany.