What ESG (Environment + Social + Governance) means for the OHB Group

is an incredibly wide-reaching topic. With sustainability, we consider all three areas grouped under ESG[...] focus on environmental aspects and thus, primarily on our energy consumption and our direct CO2[...] , as we are convinced that many of our products contribute to dealing with climate...

There’s quite a lot going on up there: space debris is becoming an ever bigger problem

of our optical instruments. For these we have to conduct complex simulations to compute where[...] The amount of space debris in orbit continues to increase. © Spacejunk3D, LLC 06. March 2019[...] and the contribution OHB is making to reducing it. Space junk – why do we even care about it? Isn’t...

Space Encounter: How OHB's IPO led to greater transparency

discipline in business conduct than would perhaps be the case with another form of family-run corporation[...] levels is also one of the main consequences of going public as a medium-sized family business. Our IPO[...] the company can then grow by conquering new markets, making acquisitions,...

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...

“Family-owned companies are islands of stability and anchors for continuity”

that the company is in good condition as he has the most to lose. Family-run companies avoid certain dubious things[...] to be willing to work for smaller margins as long as the company is in good condition. This is because[...] © OHB 21. March 2018 “Family-owned companies are islands of...

Space Encounter: Why the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not

of view, there are certainly 1,000 good reasons to conduct research there and possibly even to set[...] into the vastness of space is an invaluable contribution to further and deeper understanding of how the universe[...] life exists beyond Earth? Exploration provides answers to fundamental...

Destination Venus part 2: Why a mission to venus can spark the development of new technologies

universities to bring measuring instruments into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search[...] on the surface Jan Wörner, ESA Director General, is convinced that a mission to Venus would directly benefit[...] 9, 2005. The data collected by the probe in the atmophere of the...

Destination Venus part 5: Why a mission to Venus helps us to deepen our knowledge about Earth

to bring measuring instruments into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search for traces[...] us with information about our Earth Prof. Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, CEO of the German Aerospace center, is convinced[...] and it is difficult to conceive of life based on elements other...

Destination Venus Part 7: How OHB intends to bring scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Venus

into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search for traces of life. Due to the extreme[...] of the compound in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet is considered an indication of the existence of life[...] discussed on Twitter. After the press conference of the Royal Astronomical...

Exploration of the Universe Part 4 - Does it rain diamonds on the ice giants?

astronomer and musician Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel. Before that, Saturn was considered to be the outermost[...] it for a star in the constellation of Taurus and catalogued it accordingly as "34 Tauri". Friedrich Wilhelm[...] and was devised by the German astronomer Johann Bayer. According to his...