SARah satellites successfully launched

reconnaissance system were successfully launched today from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA[...] . SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launchpad SLC-4E at 14:11 CET and deployed its two passengers[...] in space on schedule after a flight time of 25 minutes. Shortly afterwards,...

OHB Italia contributing to exploration of Mercury: SERENA instrument launched on-board BepiColombo

22, 2018. On October 20th at 3.45 a.m. (CEST), the BepiColombo mission from the European Space Agency[...] was successfully launched from spaceport Kourou, French Guyana, with an Ariane 5 vehicle. BepiColombo is the first[...] Space Agency and the Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology...

MT Aerospace signs 35 million euro contract with ArianeGroup for the development of the PHOEBUS technology demonstrator

Space Transportation © ArianeGroup/Hill Media/Frank T. Koch Bremen, 3. November 2022. MT Aerospace[...] the contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to continue the development of the PHOEBUS (Prototype[...] is leading the way for future space transportation concepts. "MT Aerospace is thus...

PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars

and Oscillations of stars) scientific research mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) is to be launched in 2026[...] . PLATO is a satellite-based observatory for use in space to detect and conduct research into exoplanets[...] industrial core team comprising Thales Alenia Space (France and UK)...

OHB reserving capacity with Arianespace for satcom satellite

of the Bremen-based space technology group OHB SE, has today signed a contract with the European launch services[...] will lift off from the European Kourou space center in French-Guyana. The launch contract was signed today[...] with the Space Administration of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)...

OHB and ESA sign contract for Copernicus atmospheric CO2 monitoring mission

of the space and technology group OHB SE, today signed a contract with the European Space Agency ESA[...] million euros. Copernicus: The second major European space programme Copernicus is the second major[...] European space programme alongside Galileo and provides an independent Earth...

Lift-off: OHB successfully launched a fast-track telecommunication satellite

satellite First “Space to Ground Service” contract for OHB Digital Screenshot of the livestream[...] prototype spacecraft for a planned new multi-hundred telecommunication satellite constellation in LEO using[...] and spacecraft platform, this first satellite will also bring into use the ITU...

OHB’s first hyperspectral satellite arrived in orbit

, a subsidiary of the space and technology group OHB SE, was embarked on its journey into space on board a VEGA[...] launcher and successfully activated its systems. Owned by the Italian Space Agency ASI (Agenzia Spaziale[...] European spaceport in French Guiana, the satellite will be monitoring...

Inauguration of OHB Italia new integration and Manufacturing facility

authorities and representatives from the European and the Italian Space Agency. This new facility[...] is operational since June 2018 and will increase OHB Italia capacity in space system production, in particular[...] room, a changing room and other technical spaces complete the facility which...

Hyperspectral Future: Satellite Data for Smart Agriculture

Monitoring of Grassland and Sugar Beets from Space in DLR’s HyLAP Project Canopy nitrogen content viewed[...] from space. ©OHB Bremen, August 22, 2025 – How can the quality of forage and resource consumption[...] in agriculture be monitored effectively? The answer lies in space: Through...