OHB subsidiary LuxSpace and Universität der Bundeswehr München sign contract for SeRANIS mission with Triton-X platform

contract for SeRANIS mission Mission is based on Triton-X platform Betzdorf, 25. Oktober 2022. LuxSpace[...] multifunctional experimental laboratory in orbit and will use the LuxSpace built Triton-X heavy platform which[...] enables the integration of all SeRANIS experimental payloads on one plat...

SmallGEO: Europe’s new geostationary satellite platform made in Germany

07. February 2018 Press Releases SmallGEO: Europe’s new geostationary satellite platform made[...] in Germany Versatile platform for 3-ton-class satellites in a geostationary orbit First SmallGEO satellite[...] geostationary satellite platform. “The SmallGEO platform has restored system...

Sign of respect

) at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new PLATO hall at OHB's headquarters in Bremen. © OHB Bremen[...] Schlichtmann, from architectural office Kaars Schlichtmann Planungsgesellschaft in Bremen. PLATO the name sake[...] The new building complex is to be called PLATO , this also being also...

Space Encounter: Space missions are a question of existence for humanity

on science missions. Are there exoplanets in the universe Take ESA’s “ Plato ” project, for example. The aim[...] that move around their sun in what is known as a “habitable zone”. Plato will significantly improve[...] of such planets, most of which are hundreds or even thousands of light years...

A mission to Venus will help us to better understand the Earth

that have been discovered in recent years. Through new missions, such as PLATO, we will be able to discover[...] changes in the intensity of the incident solar radiation or the effects of volcanism and plate tectonics[...] you ever heard of Boca Chica? Nor have I, as this place on the Gulf of...

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

subducting plate tectonics, which give Earth its carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle and keep the atmospheric[...] pressure in balance, shut down. You end up in a stagnant or single-plate mode as we call[...] that makes Venus the hostile planet it is today. © NASA / SDO #DestinationVenus Exploration...

Destination Venus part 5: Why a mission to Venus helps us to deepen our knowledge about Earth

Venus and Earth are sister planets that formed about 4.6 billion years ago. © NASA[...] #DestinationVenus Exploration 23. January 2020 Our sister planet and each phase of its development provide[...] though the expectation to find life on the planet is unrealistic from her perspective. Dr....

Destination Venus Part 7: How OHB intends to bring scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Venus

Up to now, Mars has been the planet that has been most thouroughly searched for extraterrestrial[...] of the compound in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet is considered an indication of the existence of life[...] into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search for traces of life....

Is there life on Mars?

the Red Planet. Dr. Andreas Winkler, Head of Exploration, Science and Human Spaceflight at OHB, describes[...] ? Of all the planets of our solar system, Mars resembles the earth the most not least of all because[...] . At the same time, it is the most accessible planet for us. Mars has always...

OHB contributing to definition phase for Venus mission EnVision

for implementation in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme. Another medium-class mission within the programme is the PLATO[...] into the geological evolution of Venus. Venus: Earth's sister planet Venus is Earth's closest neighbouring planet[...] and is similar to it in size, mass and chemical...