MT Aerospace AG commissioned to deliver Tank Systems for European Mars-Mission ERO

AG, which is part of the high-tech group OHB SE in Bremen, is making a major contribution to the program[...] the required stability by a CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) wrapping is the first choice of design." To date

Anniversary at 36,000 km altitude

- also within the OHB Group OHB System AG acted as the main industrial contractor for the implementation[...] this important milestone according to the highest quality and reliability standards”. Magali Vassiere, ESA

Europe’s weather satellites MTG taking shape

of the listed high-tech group OHB SE, has yesterday shipped the flight hardware for the optical payload[...] into space via Kourou in 2023. Three of the four other platforms are currently in various stages

“Columbus” flew into space 10 years ago

docking with the International Space Station ISS just a few days later. Since then, humankind’s outpost[...] at that time worked on the infrastructure or on experiments for the space station. Consequently, a whole series[...] on board the space station in microgravity conditions is giving...

RFA engine reaches next milestone

is fully functional, reaching a thermal steady-state across all engine components. "The engine ran for over[...] States, Russia, China, India, Japan and Ukraine. The U.S. companies SpaceX and Blue Origin were the last[...] its staged combustion engine confirming its technology leadership Launch...

PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars

European core team partners, we are commissioning various subcontractors from the ESA member states[...] 26. April 2018 Press Release PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars: OHB System AG to negotiate[...] . PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is the name of the third M(edium) class...

OHB and ESA seal PLATO scientific mission

SE, the industrial principal contractor for PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars), the next major[...] to launch the PLATO space observatory in 2026 to detect and study exoplanets1) that are orbiting other stars[...] and support by OHB staff during the launch campaign and the start...

Here we go again: Next launch for OHB Galileo satellites

since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. As they had to pass through many stations and cross[...] preparations for FM 23&24 will be handled by a proven OHB team on site at the space station. OHB Launch[...] in the starting blocks: FM 25&26 have since completed their acceptance review, thus...

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...

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...