Return to the Moon: First Apollo, now Artemis

, the infrastructure in lunar orbit and on the Moon itself is to be expanded in order to enable sustained missions[...] developed by NASA that will be able to lift a payload of up to 95 tonnes into a low Earth orbit and take[...] rendering of Orion. A Waypoint in Lunar Orbit: The Lunar Gateway The...

Made by OHB: New European weather satellite successfully launched into space

), it will be positioned at an altitude of 36,000 kilometres in geostationary orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying MTG[...] from industry, we are launching the first sounder satellite of the MTG programme into geostationary orbit[...] from geostationary orbit for the next two decades. MTG is an...

Destination Venus part 4: What could a mission to Venus look like?

European mission to Venus to date, left the Earth on November 9, 2005. The probe entered into an orbit[...] of the mission. For some studies, taking measures from an orbit around the planet would be perfectly adequate[...] from balloons? Yes, indeed. For example, a combination of an orbiter and...

2017

telecommunications satellite. more 09. February 2018 OHB’s Galileo satellite successfully positioned in orbit[...] The four satellites for the Galileo European navigation system reached their target orbit in space[...] to be launched on December 12. more 08. February 2018 OHB supporting Berlin...

ESA commissions OHB with study on HERA asteroid mission

a millimetre per second. HERA is to provide detailed information on Didymoon's orbit changes and relate them[...] of the mission, has a main body 780 meters in diameter; it is orbited by a moon, called "Didymoon", measuring 160[...] socioeconomic impact on a global scale. In order to modify their...

What is Galileo capable of?

are already orbiting the earth, with this number to increase to a total of 34 by 2020. The satellites emit[...] into each other? The Galileo satellites fly in a medium earth orbit (MEO) at an altitude of around 24,000[...] in their precise orbits permanently. In any case, this special orbit is...

ExoMars 2016 lifted off from Baikonur

, including the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli, was launched this morning at 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET) aboard[...] the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli, an entry, descent and landing demonstrator. As a part[...] will then enter orbit around the Red Planet ahead of its exciting multiyear...

Partying until dawn: OHB celebrates successful liftoff for Galileo satellites

in the target orbit as planned Bye bye dear Galileos: After a few launch postponements[...] were able to track the satellites via a night-time live stream as they reached their target orbit[...] as the launcher headed for the target orbit roughly 23,000 kilometers above the earth. Things got...

Milestones

and economical alternative for placing its satellites in orbit. With the establishment of “COSMOS International[...] of ARIANE business. © ESA The step towards Europe and a geostationary orbit When Luxembourg joined ESA[...] for geostationary orbits to reduce satellite mass and launch costs. 2016...

Successful launch of two more Galileo navigation satellites

. With this launch, the number of Galileo FOC satellites (FOC = Full Operational Capability) in orbit, manufactured[...] , the Ariane 6 heavy launcher was used to place European navigation satellites into orbit. The remaining four[...] Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). It is based on a...