20-meter moonwalk: How the “Lunar Explorers” photographic work of art by Michael Najjar found its way to OHB

of my works. One of these is “orbital ascension”, which depicts an Ariane launch carrying Galileo satellites[...] components, designed as a triptych. I mounted the twelve astronauts on the lunar landscape. They’re all[...] . The greatest challenge was to develop a coherent composition despite the...

Destination Venus part 3: Was Venus a twin of Earth millions of years ago?

. There have been mission proposals for a deep dip satellite that would go below about a hundred kilometers[...] . And if we could make the key measurements down there, which the satellite could make in a few minutes, that would[...] cooling systems to survive on the surface of Venus. The Russian...

OHB facilitating astronomical research

debris not only poses a risk to active satellites but can also impair astronomical observations[...] responsible for the design of the optical instruments for Hera and PLATO, but also manages the development[...] , but also gas and dust clouds. Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that studies the...

What is Galileo capable of?

3 FOC (full operational capability) satellites, 24 navigation satellites designed, engineered[...] work before Galileo? COSPAS-SARSAT, the satellite-based search and rescue system, has hitherto been used[...] © OHB Galileo 06. April 2022 What is Galileo capable of? HOW THE EUROPEAN SATELLITE...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 3: What is geoengineering?

a natural process. The costs involved and the implementation time are also comparatively low. Moreover[...] and the costs incurred are astronomical. Shading the Earth from space also has the undesirable side effect[...] and the desired effect can be built up gradually. Disadvantages: Depending on...

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

; satellites sometimes have to fly evasive manoeuvres on a daily basis or are hit by tiny debris objects[...] that cannot be detected by radar. And in the next few years, the number of satellites will continue[...] of satellites. I therefore think it would be a good idea for the international...

Space Encounter: The Henry Ford moment in spaceflight

-quality satellites, also mass-produced in high volumes at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional[...] such as protecting the Earth and providing connectivity from space using swarms of small satellites. However[...] about complex and expensive over-engineering, but about launching small...

We.OHB - Part 3: The current growth perspective of OHB offers us great opportunities

more Career 19. May 2021 Great visions with small satellites Fredrik Sjöberg and Benoit Mathieu, OHB Sweden’s[...] at the atmosphere From the end of 2022 onwards, the first MTG satellites will gradually launch into space where[...] 26. August 2024 PhD at OHB: Detecting pipeline leaks with satelli...

Exploration of the Universe Part 3 - Is it possible to land on the gas giants in our solar system?

: A magnet for cosmic debris If you enter Jupiter in a satellite navigation system, you won’t be given[...] into different groups: The four largest satellites of the planet, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, were[...] Before the first telescopes were invented, Jupiter and Saturn were the only...

Space Encounter: A glimpse into the delivery room of the universe

on the telescope. In the end, the cost was around 10 billion dollars. But despite this enormous sum, I dare[...] of the headline recently used in the weekly newspaper Die ZEIT to describe the spectacular image of the new James[...] way to describe the effect that this image of the galaxy cluster...