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

Agency’s (ESA) scientific mission PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is coming along[...] , the satellite will have 26 cameras, which will search for Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. In order[...] now with the finalisation of this remarkable ISO 5 facility and the start...

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

clean room, in the presence of Belgian State Secretary for Science Policy Elke Sleurs and Mayor[...] Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2018. The equipment developed by Antwerp Space[...] to the role Antwerp Space will play in current and future key ESA missions", said...

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

the scientific results of the “PK-4” plasma laboratory, which has been on board the International Space Station[...] AG. “One highlight is the close cooperation between the cosmonauts on board the space station and the scientists[...] supported the work carried out from November 8 to 14, 2019 as...

Beautiful clouds on board the ISS Space Station

31. March 2021 Press Release Beautiful clouds on board the ISS Space Station OHB involved[...] on board the International Space Station ISS. OHB System AG, a member of the space and high-tech group OHB[...] station in 2014 as a permanent research facility in the European Co-lumbus module. It is...

Notable success for space in Germany and Europe

Fuchs, CEO of OHB SE. His eye is on the sum of EUR 14.4 billion that the ESA member states are scheduled[...] mission for the future measurement of climate change,” stated Fuchs. “And so this is precisely where[...] the ESA states are about not just passively standing by and watching the...

Reduced production of the Ariane 6: European launcher industry in distress MT Aerospace AG in Augsburg massively affected

from the corona pandemic is additionally exacerbating the situation. We are in a difficult position,” states Hans[...] by commercial operators in the United States and government-subsidized products in emerging space nations[...] in federal and Bavarian state politics to this dramatic situation....

Oerlikon AM and MT Aerospace join forces to offer aerospace customers additive manufacturing solutions

of this document, including all statements made therein, are based on estimates, assumptions and other[...] information currently available to the management of Oerlikon. This document contains certain statements related[...] -looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein...

New type of booster casing for ARIANE 6 successfully tested

. This not only benefits Augsburg but strengthens the status of the entire state of Bavaria as one of the leading[...] Pschierer, the Bavarian state secretary for economics and technology commented: “The successful[...] on the development of the state-of-the-art production technology for...

OHB awarded ESA contract for Dream Chaser Spacecraft study

to use Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft as a post-International Space Station (ISS[...] crew and cargo to LEO destinations such as the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser spacecraft[...] was selected by NASA to provide a minimum of six cargo missions to and from...

OHB Sweden signs Launch Service Agreement with Rocket Factory Augsburg

, with its state-of-the-art staged-combustion engine technology. This high-performance engine technology, coupled[...] constellations. Rocket Factory, a start-up backed by the German satellite maker OHB as a strategic investor[...] is scheduled for the end of 2022. The company recently qualified...