LuxSpace and ORBCOMM awarded with multi-year contract by European Maritime Safety Agency

Executive Officer. Since 2009 LuxSpace has been in the SAT-AIS business both as micro-satellite manufacturer[...] supports and strengthens the position of the OHB Group in their service and application business[...] milestone in the LuxSpace company history. Furthermore, LuxSpace has a strong...

Pioneers of space: the new path to space

that has frozen up? Precisely. A further aspect involves taking account of errors during the planning phase[...] case of the satellite proving to be faulty. From the outset, we plan our activities to factor[...] . I didn’t have any telephone, computer or business cards and had to buy my own paper...

"Environmental monitoring from space will assume a dimension we cannot even imagine at this time."

of Communications Günther Hörbst, he talks about how Earth observation is changing the perspective on Planet Earth[...] spread to all people, thus arousing greater awareness of our planet’s vulnerability? The emotional[...] is making a contribution to protecting and preserving the planet in the...

"Spaceflight in Europe has always been different from spaceflight in America"

benefit of spaceflight? Spaceflight allows humans to move away from Earth and colonise foreign planets[...] is the ability to jump from one planet to another. That is what drives us. That should also be the drive[...] visionary, he thought in different time frames. And he had the courage to start...

Space Encounter: Alexander Gerst, ISS and the benefits of satellite technology

a strong change in values. Given the more volatile career plans mentioned above, the overriding goal must[...]  5, 2019. Recently one of my business trips took me to Osterholz-Scharmbeck, a small town located only[...] more accessible to the general public. Satellites from OHB, for example, which...

Security and Reconnaissance

the experience and skills that it has gained in over 25 years of business in the security and reconnaissance area[...] German satellite reconnaissance system SAR-Lupe has been placed in the Company’s hands. The Group

Space Encounter: Mars is not our rescue ship

preserving our planet. We should use our power to save Earth Because I would like to dispel one myth about[...] planet in our solar system. This is not going to happen. The dream of a multi-planetary society sounds[...] up the mess we got ourselves into on our own planet during the last 200...

OHB SE at the ILA Berlin Air Show

its expertise in the two business units, Space Systems and Aerospace & Industrial Products. The latest[...] from SES and ESA for the development of the satellite platform in March. “Electra” is based on the modular SmallGEO[...] satellite platform developed by OHB as part of ESA’s ARTES 11...

Space Encounter: Space debris must not become a tool for a new Cold War in space

. For me, as CEO of a space company whose core business is building satellites, this is a disturbing idea[...] , the issue of sustainability will play a much greater role, for example in the role of the space sector[...] existing space debris or avoid producing it in the first place. Space debris...

Space Encounter: Why earth observation is essential

1, 2019. Leaving our planet and viewing it from above is a spectacular and at the same time fascinating[...] long time to come. Business in satellites in this area will benefit from this because weather[...] . What’s more, it makes it possible in the first place to gain new insights into the...