International Astronautical Congress will take place in Bremen in 2018

participants, the IAC is the biggest annual Space Congress all over the world. From October 1stto 5th[...]  October 2018, it will be the second time for the IAC to take place in Bremen. Bremen as the “City of Space[...] already.  The IAC 2018 will be organized by the Centre of applied Space...

OHB awarded contract for studies under the EU earth observation program “Copernicus”

of the space and technology group OHB SE, has been named principal contractor for three studies[...] on the candidate expansion missions of “Copernicus” by the European space agency (ESA). With bids requested across[...] Space Agency ESA. “This contract award is of great significance for OHB,”...

OHB System AG proposal for PLATO project selected by ESA

Bremen, April 25 2018. OHB System AG, a subsidiary of Bremen-based space and technology group OHB[...] by the European Space Agency ESA. The contract value will most likely amount to EUR 297 million. The negotiations[...] of a core team consisting of Thales Alenia Space (France and UK) and RUAG S...

Dusty business: Why lunar dust poses a special challenge

in everyday life, but in space dust is more than just a cosmetic problem. And dust is not only present[...] , after their stay on the surface, had to struggle not only with defective zips on their space suits[...] ? Yes, in two respects: On the one hand, the dust can damage the seals of space suits...

OHB leads design of future sovereign European missile defence programme

programme Bremen, 5 July 2021 - The European Commission has selected OHB System AG, a subsidiary of space[...] and technology group OHB SE, to lead a space surveillance and early warning project. “The Project named ODIN’S[...] EYE (Multinational Development Initiative for a Space-based Missile...

Here we go again: Next launch for OHB Galileo satellites

at the airport in Cayenne, French Guiana, for transportation to the spaceport in Kourou. This marks the ninth[...] satellites, space company OHB is also responsible for overseeing the launch campaign and for carrying out[...] the final checks on the satellite. FM 23&24 are the first Galileo...

Major Ariane 6-order from Amazon to launch-service-provider Arianespace: MT Aerospace AG expects good order prospects

in space. MT Aerospace AG, a subsidiary of the German space and technology group OHB[...] 6 is a European Space Agency (ESA) program with contributions from the industry.    ArianeGroup[...] is marketed and operated by ArianeGroup’s subsidiary Arianespace. The French space agency CNES is...

Great visions with small satellites

Sjöberg and Benoit Mathieu, OHB Sweden’s new management duo, want to plot the space technology company’s[...] about cultural challenges, space projects and the beauty of simplicity. Benoit, a French national[...] Space and Airbus Defense and Space, OHB Sweden has accumulated expertise in the...

OHB Sweden: Satellite MATS successfully launched

into space. On 4th November at 18.27 CET, the Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle took off from Mahia (New[...] released the MATS satellite successfully into space. The MATS satellite is owned and operated by OHB Sweden[...] , a subsidiary of space group OHB SE. MATS is a Swedish science mission to...

MT Mechatronics signs contract for Giant Magellan Telescope structure

will produce images that are 10 times sharper than those from the Hubble Space Telescope in the infrared region[...] , Harvard University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Texas[...] for communication and deep space antennas, radio and optical telescopes,...