Small but powerful: Microsatellite ESAIL gets ready for launch

community NextGen creates connections Read more 07. February 2019 Fateful phone calls and happy events[...] for use in a constellation. Among other things, that boosts reliability. If one satellite fails, others can compensate[...] for it. ESAIL was actually conceived as a demonstration mission...

Dusty business: Why lunar dust poses a special challenge

of the mission. In this interview, Dr Axel Müller, Lead Expert Cleanliness and Contamination Control at OHB[...] of avoiding contamination on technical components are not applicable. It is not for nothing that NASA[...] properties. It can also contaminate optics and settle on solar cells and...

OHB with a successful launch into a geostationary orbit

. We are very confident of achieving good performance from the end of March,” says Dr. Dieter Birreck[...] , the responsible project manager at OHB System AG. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) satellite control center[...] from OHB Italia are working around the clock at the satellite control center...

What is Galileo capable of?

precise positioning data. To protect your personal data, your connection to the video streaming provider[...] and rescue services on the water and in the air.   OHB is the principal contractor for the development[...] and construction of the satellites in Bremen. Dr. Manuel Czech, the head of the...

Koen Puimège appointed as managing director to lead Antwerp Space N.V.

, this appointment is a logical next step to re-install a local management in Belgium in order to continue[...] and the fantastic team behind it. I am convinced that we are able to grow the company further and contribute[...] , Radio-science instruments and satellite ground control stations for the...

50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter

personal data, your connection to the video streaming provider has been blocked. Click to unblock the video[...] 10. October 2024 Educate, Entertain & Inspire: How the OHB community NextGen creates connections Read[...] at the European Space Agency (ESA). Today, Thomas Reiter is a consultant to...

Contract for electro-optical reconnaissance system signed

08. February 2018 Press Releases Contract for electro-optical reconnaissance system signed Bremen[...] SE, has today signed a contract with the customer for the implementation of a global electro-optical satellite[...] system for reconnaissance. The contract has a budget of up to EUR 400 million....

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

or even fatal asteroid impacts on Earth in the future. Compared to the increasingly visible consequences[...] , the damage caused in the sparsely populated area was still comparatively minor. In contrast, almost 1,500[...] in the number of known asteroids. Since the 1990s, the search for asteroids...

MT Aerospace and ArianeGroup sign prototype development contract for optimized Ariane 6 upper stage

21. June 2021 Press Release MT Aerospace and ArianeGroup sign prototype development contract[...] and technology group OHB SE, was awarded a contract by ArianeGroup GmbH as part of the Future Launcher’s[...] will have to prove its functionality in the final system test conducted by ArianeGroup...

How the Digital Twin works at the port of Bremen

as it is continuously connected to the physical object it represents. It consists of sensors that receive data, a memory[...] subsidiary OHB Digital Services GmbH, which is transforming conventional logistics into smart, digital[...] Twin of the business processes. This results in full...