Luxembourg – a small country that plays a big role in space

. There are several reasons why the Grand Duchy – located as it is in the triangle of Germany, Belgium and France[...] and utilize resources from space. For this reason, Luxembourg was the world’s first country to adopt space[...] stations, from where it reaches the customers. Around 30 million...

Space Encounter: The moon is an exciting target, especially from a research point of view

- and this interest spread to the rest of our family. For this reason, it is no coincidence that our large event hall[...] instruments on board. By the way, the first European space probe ever to reach the moon, the ESA mission SMART[...] in the foreseeable future. At present, people want to...

Space Encounter: Science must foster its role as the fountain of truth

be evaluated? As an observer of the system with a fairly realistic view of science, I am looking forward

The Flyeye-Telescope – early warning service for the sky

and high resolution. It replicates the complex structure of the eye of a fly, which is the reason[...] meters, will be completed in the course of next year, meaning that Flyeye is expected to be ready

PhD at OHB: Detecting pipeline leaks with satellite data and AI

even in remote and hard-to-reach areas. Nevertheless, detecting methane sources is anything but easy[...] and the amount of escaping gas can often only be roughly estimated. One of the reasons

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

the future vision of Germany as a country with a flourishing economy. For readers who are not space[...] , there are many reasons why such a spaceport in the North Sea is difficult or causes further problems. I also[...] ; for example, if environmental or nature conservation law reasons or species...

“Family-owned companies are islands of stability and anchors for continuity”

is this an advantage for OHB? The real value is our independence. We are able to act on a less tactical basis oriented[...] as in 2001, 2002. And for what reason? To combine OHB’s core business in satellite systems with other

Satellites

to react swiftly to new market needs and reduce costs. The relatively low complexity of the system ensures[...] , the telecommunications satellite H36W-1 produced by space technology company OHB System AG reached its target orbit[...] reliably and around the clock. SAR-Lupe enables the German...

Exploration of the Universe Part 4 - Does it rain diamonds on the ice giants?

planet. One of the reasons for this is that Uranus is always at least 2.5 billion kilometres away[...] . For this reason, the British astronomer John Flamsteed, who observed Uranus as early as 1690, wrongly mistook[...] a terrestrial compass is not very helpful. The reason for this is that the...

LuxSpace and ORBCOMM awarded with multi-year contract by European Maritime Safety Agency

. LuxSpace will provide ORBCOMM’s global real-time data feed of satellite-based AIS (SAT-AIS) data, which