Successful liftoff to ISS for OHB's ANITA-2 trace gas monitoring system

on board the ISS. The experiment will be done by ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and is planned for 27th[...] . The project is under contract of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Bonn on behalf of the German Space

OHB signs memorandum of understanding with Israeli space technology company Helios

mission with OHB serves to mature its oxygen production technology under real lunar environment[...] . Utilizing resources on the Moon "OHB will provide European and international customers from the scientific[...] to be ready with our LSAS lunar landing service." "Production of oxygen on the...

Copernicus CO2 monitoring mission CO2M passes Space Segment Requirements Review

, a major mission in the European Copernicus Earth observation programme, has successfully passed its Space[...] of the CO2M team," says CO2M Project Manager Robert Hook. "We have shown that we can cope with CO2M's very[...] demanding schedule." Database for measures to combat one of the most...

Asteroid 2024 YR4: OHB experts are working on a defense mission

kilometers on April 13, 2029. ESA wants to take advantage of this unique opportunity to send a probe[...] objects whose probability of impact on Earth is not zero. The asteroid currently at the top of these lists[...] the Earth's orbit, is still unclear. At present, the impact probability is at...

International Astronautical Congress will take place in Bremen in 2018

and the City of Bremen for the support of the IAC and to promote the importance of the space sector for Bremen[...] SE), Martin Günthner (Senator for the Economy, Labor and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen) and Jean

First communication experiment with Heinrich Hertz satellite successful: Portable KU-band antenna ILKA makes contact

of a building and contact was established with the Heinrich Hertz satellite. Signals were both successfully sent[...] for the implementation. OHB Digital Connect provided support by configuring the satellite payload and monitoring

OHB signs contract for the realisation of payloads for the European Earth observation Mission CHIME

for the European Earth observation Mission CHIME Hyperspectral satellites to complement Copernicus programme[...] of the European Earth observation program Copernicus and is intended to contribute to the responsible[...] programme Copernicus is the second major European space program after...

Belgium and LaRa on their way to Mars

PRODEX (PROgramme for the Development of scientific Experiments) programme and Antwerp Space[...] mission by the ESA and Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation. “Antwerp Space is proud and honoured[...] involved in the project, in particular on the design of the high-performance antennas of...

Research rocket TEXUS tests experiments for space suitability

, everything proceeded according to plan during this mission. Every team is different for my team[...] contributions both in advance and at the launch site. OHB involved since the inception of the program[...] ,” explains Horst Pfeuffer, head of the TEXUS project at OHB System AG. “At the ground...

Four in one go: OHB Galileo satellites successfully launched

agreement by which ESA acts as design and procurement agent on behalf of the Commission. The views expressed[...] ,” says Dr. Manuel Czech, Galileo project manager at OHB. The satellites will now enter a test phase[...] . Once it is fully up and running, the system will provide maximum precision...