The European Commission has selected a consortium of European satellite manufacturers, operators and service providers, telco operators and launch service providers to study the design, development and launch of a European-owned space-based communication system.
OHB System AG will be developing the payload for the two satellites of the Earth observation mission CHIME under a subcontract from Thales Alenia Space. CHIME (Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission) is part of the European Earth observation program Copernicus and is intended to contribute to the responsible and sustainable use of natural resources by means of hyperspectral analyses of the Earth's surface.
OHB Digital Connect GmbH, a subsidiary of the space technology group OHB SE, has now been awarded a contract by the German Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Utilization of the German Armed Forces (BAAINBw) for the regeneration of mobile ground stations for the German Federal Armed Forces' satellite communications system (SATCOMBw).
With a design for an effective filter system for enclosed spaces, space technology company OHB System AG and the HT Group, a specialist in outfitting operating theaters, laboratories and hospital wards, want to make a contribution to curbing the coronavirus.
Rocket Factory Augsburg, a start-up backed by German space technology group OHB SE, has concluded the major part of a phase 0/A project with the French space agency CNES to implement a launch site for the RFA ONE launch system on the historic Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.