OHB and Sierra Space sign MOU for European use of the Orbital Reef space station

. Another purpose of the partnership is to develop cost-effective and sustainable services for furthering

Capital Market Day 2025

of the transformation process initiated in 2024 is intended to ensure a sustainably competitive cost structure

Anniversary at 36,000 km altitude

, as the design of the satellite platform we developed was once again confirmed by this anniversary. This is very[...] once again all employees who have designed and developed the satellite or contributed[...] satellite design. In addition, thanks to H36W-1, the various teams have also gained a...

OHB Contributing to ESA’s Earth Explorer Mission FLEX

with the European Space Agency (ESA) to design, build and test the instrument for the satellite FLEX (FLuorescence[...] distinguished. The FLEX satellite will fly in tandem formation with Sentinel-3, another of ESA’s Earth[...] observation satellites. Consequently, the data from two further...

Space debris: Earth’s orbit is getting cluttered

. Nevertheless, modern satellites are designed to burn up as completely as possible in the atmosphere to further[...] or simulate what happens to our satellites during and after re-entry. This helps to make certain design[...] . At this speed, even the smallest particles have enormous destructive...

MTG Meteosat Third Generation: Taking a precise look at the atmosphere

, the satellite is directly exposed to the sun for most of the time. It is quite a design challenge to ensure[...] and then contract, which would be deadly for finely adjusted optical devices. And so the satellite’s thermal budget[...] From the end of 2022 onwards, the first MTG satellites will...

OHB wins ESA contract for a study to implement radar-based Earth observation from geosynchronous orbit

for the design of the overall system and the satellite platform as well as for the overall performance[...] sensing data for surveying the Earth. To date, five satellites have been launched within the program[...] and four more are currently under development. The satellites already in orbit...

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

Relay Satellite System (EDRS). “The inauguration of this clean room means a milestone in the history[...] of Antwerp Space. Our facilities are now meeting all standards to integrate and test all kinds of satellite[...] worldwide. Antwerp Space develops systems and satellite equipment, satellite...

High-voltage performance at OHB

on the demanding task of system integrator as technological progress continues. With minimum operating costs

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

experiments in gravity-free conditions at the cost of millions of dollars had become boring, especially[...] points where they intersect again. However, certain conditions must be satisfied for this to occur