Made by OHB: New European weather satellite successfully launched into space

spectrometer, of the EU's Copernicus Earth observation programme monitors air quality and pollution in Europe[...] ever before,” said Chiara Pedersoli, CEO of OHB System AG. The centrepiece of the MTG sounder mission[...] satellites, while OHB is the prime contractor for the MTG Sounder mission....

Antwerp Space’s new clean room opens doors toward new European space programmes

Observatory of Belgium and will be engineered and delivered by Antwerp Space. It consists of a sophisticated[...] , a collaboration between ESA and the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, consists of two missions to Mars. The first[...] of the mission – a surface platform which will land on Mars and...

Antwerp Space selected to develop the communications subsystem for Ariel

). Ariel is the fourth medium-class mission in ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme. This mission will observe[...] and observability during the complete four-year nominal mission and possible two-year extension. Ariel will operate[...] for the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey...

Space Encounter: We are running out of time

that we consider space systems, such as Earth observation satellites, as important supporters of Earth-based[...] from Earth and operate them there. There, at what is known as Lagrange point 1, the gravitational forces[...] of Bremerhaven with the morning floods. A MISSION ACROSS ALL BORDERS The...

Successful launch of satellite OPTSAT-3000

launch services Bremen, August 2nd, 2017.  Earth observation satellite OPTSAT-3000 was successfully[...] of the launch.   OPTSAT-3000 is an Earth observation program for the Italian Ministry of Defence[...] Arianespace, OHB Italia’s Program Manager acted as Director Mission Satellite during the...

OHB employees sought-after experts at the International Astronomical Congress IAC 2017 – the international sector get-together taking place in Australia

. They are accompanied by future earth observation systems and new approaches in telecommunications, navigation[...] for space debris, scientific missions to explore space, the moon and Mars as well as basic physics[...] program , the IAC will also be featuring presentations by various space...

Instrument for German environmental satellite EnMAP performing well in test campaign

and environmental observation.”   *) CO2M: CO2 Monitoring Mission **) CHIME: Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging[...] with analyses of the sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface. Fortunately, this OHB expertise is also[...] in test campaign Space missions for environmental and climate...

Basic research in space: Getting to the bottom of complex plasmas

the 8th PK-4 mission. © NASA PK-4 allows the observation and examination of waves in a liquid complex[...] the eighth mission of the plasma laboratory were consistently seen as positive. “Even after five years[...] has proved its worth again in its eighth mission,” says Roland Seurig, PK-4...

MTG Meteosat Third Generation: Taking a precise look at the atmosphere

, which directs the primary mirror of telescopes to observation points on Earth with absolute precision[...] -S Mission. In short, FCI and IRS instruments make weather phenomena visible. Rupert Feckl, project manager[...] , ensures that the instrument always faces the Earth in the right position. We...

Satellites

-efficient basis for other applications such as earth observation or meteorology. The first satellite[...] AG, Munich site   EnMAP is the German hyperspectral earth observation satellite with more than 200[...] level, OHB System AG is also working on developing the mission’s instruments. OHB...