ESA’s PLATO observatory: OHB System AG readies for integration of 26 cameras

the possibility to find exoplanets with characteristics similar to our Earth, where life is possible. The project[...] of the satellite platform) and Beyond Gravity Switzerland (optical bench for the cameras). Other European companies[...] , and will now gradually be integrated into the optical...

Dusty business: Why lunar dust poses a special challenge

gravity on the Moon, swirled-up particles only sink back to the surface very slowly, and the solar[...] and it is therefore almost impossible to avoid it getting into interior spaces. There, the lower gravity causes dust[...] and test them with regolith simulants produced in the consortium. Where...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 5: How OHB has been working on the subject of geoengineering in 2021

Concept drawing of a solar sail in space. To influence the climate, countless very similar-looking[...] applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant, which is incredible because it would enable ten PhD students[...] of expertise. Not because of an ill will, but simply because the knowledge is not...

Safety first: OHB subsidiary Digital Solutions in Graz tracking down jammers with GIDAS

Safety first OHB subsidiary Digital Solutions in Graz tracking down jammers with GIDAS Munich Airport[...] in Graz. The information reached the pilots in the cockpit just in time. GIDAS monitors the GNSS frequency[...] are caused by simple (illegal) devices, i.e. small jammers, which private...

Destination Venus part 3: Was Venus a twin of Earth millions of years ago?

about Venus is that is has a similar size and density - and mass of course – to Earth[...] on Venus are in some ways somewhat similar to what we see on Mars, but in other ways they are also quite[...] and Venus does not? Oh, that’s very easy. (laughs) It’s simply because it is much, much easier...

We.OHB - Part 11: Checking quality with a passion

name: Viktoria Schöneich. In her green lab coat, the graduate aerospace engineer regularly mixes[...] then at the test center? During environmental impact testing, the satellite is placed in a chamber that simulates space[...] grades finally started improving. I subsequently studied aerospace...

Space Encounter: A spaceport in the North Sea would catapult Germany into the future as a location of the aerospace industry

from there from 2022 onwards. We are very grateful to our Norwegian partners from Andøya Space and the Norwegian[...] simpler logistics, which a German spaceport would definitely offer. The distances that have to be covered[...] it. I am fully aware that these aspects cannot simply be wiped away...

From SpaceX to the OHB Supervisory Board. An interview with Dr. Hans Königsmann

, after 20 years in America, I would like to get a better grasp of the situation in Europe, i.e. how[...] . I was fascinated by recreating the environment for the satellite on the computer, in other words, simulating[...] complex movements and processes. This simulation software to test the...

OHB awarded a study to predict weather phenomena in space more effectively

as “space debris” are observed and classified using radar systems and telescopes. A similar situation also[...] satellites in the MTG program, we have a great deal of experience with similar satellites and can offer[...] along the earth’s orbit around the sun at which there is no gravitational...

MT Aerospace AG commissioned to deliver Tank Systems for European Mars-Mission ERO

the required delivery times, enabling us to make a decisive contribution to this unique mission," enthuses Simon Bühler[...] and release the required amount of propellant and oxidizer in zero gravity using capillary action via