New contract award for OHB: European Commission orders a further four Galileo satellites

ESA for the confidence which they have placed in us and our partners,” says Marco Fuchs, Chief[...] . As with the previous contracts, OHB System AG in its capacity as the producer of the satellite platform and the system[...] manager is responsible for the satellite design and platform,...

OHB reserving capacity with Arianespace for satcom satellite

Fuchs, Chief Executive Officer of OHB System AG, after signing the contract. With a planned duration[...] platform for conducting important experiments in the field of satellite communications and, for another[...] in payload and platform technologies for geostationary satellites at an...

Space Encounter: Europe is building an infrastructure of findings with Copernicus

from above. When mankind looks down on the planet from a great height with Earth observation satellites[...] it possible to observe changes on the planet over a wider area. From this it can derive great authority. After[...] assistance from space. The space industry plays a key role here. After...

Sparkling clean!

scales and hair, pollen and other plant parts to street dust and cosmic dust. Human[...] be serviced and contaminations increase the probability of malfunctions occurring during the planned lifetime[...] of satellite platforms in most cases, while payloads generally require an ISO 5 environment....

Space Encounter: A satellite from Germany launches a new era in Earth observation

. Transferred to the perspective of the entire planet, the relevance of these findings becomes immediately clear[...] , development also took much longer than originally planned. But now EnMAP is ready for launch[...] , which will soon take place using a rocket from US space company Space X. The...

2022

: Space technology for the sake of humanity and the protection of our planet Side by side, booth after[...] : Punctually at 21:26 German time, the first MTG Imager satellite with the platform developed and built at OHB[...] from tomorrow onwards, space and technology group OHB SE will be showcasing...

Rocket Factory Augsburg and CNES work towards launch site implementation in Kourou

satellites in a low Earth orbit from Europe. The first launch is planned for 2022. RFA has recently qualified[...] a launcher system called RFA ONE with a payload capacity of 1.5 tons. The launcher is intended to place small[...] access to space. CNES is a pivotal player in Europe's space...

Spectacular first images of MTG-I 1 published

. It was a short, emotional moment when our planet Earth arose in this high resolution on our screens and our[...] and is prime contractor of the four MTG Imager satellites. OHB is responsible for all six satellite platforms

OHB team working at full steam on next milestone for the asteroid sensor Hera

in satellite construction, also in terms of planning and implementation. We are now benefiting from this know[...] is on the agenda in July, when the Hera platform will be united with the drive module. Project manager Dr. Stefan

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

planet Earth can be protected from dangerous asteroids Well over 1 million asteroids have already been[...] applicable planetary defence strategy. If the approaching celestial body is detected in time, events[...] into play. It will arrive at the Didymos system in 2026 and conduct a detailed...