Destination Venus part 6: Mechanical rover or atmospheric probes? How do you explore one of the most hostile planets in our solar system?

due to overheating. Despite the technical advances of recent decades, the extreme temperatures[...] of the shutters) digital signals could be transmitted to an orbiter and from there to Earth. OHB: Autonomous[...] aircraft for the search for life in the atmosphere Meanwhile, engineers at OHB are...

MTG Meteosat Third Generation: Taking a precise look at the atmosphere

from OHB technology. © OHB Career Company 06. April 2021 Taking a precise look at the atmosphere MTG[...] from OHB technology. MTG, among the most complex development programs of satellites in Europe, is the third[...] Satellites). OHB’s involvement covers responsibility for all six satellite...

Ten Questions for Rocket Factory Augsburg

02. April 2020 Ten Questions for Rocket Factory Augsburg OHB start-up aims to revolutionize[...] the mini-launcher market The youngest member of the international OHB family is the German company Rocket[...] standing in the way of the first launch at the end of 2021! This completes the OHB...

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

have half the mass of this planetary behemoth. As a result, Jupiter plays a decisive role in the mass[...] is scheduled to run for three and a half years. OHB is also involved in the mission as a subcontractor[...] years of flight. On December 25, 2004, Huygens decoupled itself from Cassini and...

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

neighbour – Two flybys kick off the "Venusian Decade" For a long time, not much attention was paid[...] More #DestinationVenus 16. September 2020 How OHB intends to bring scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Venus[...] At OHB, Venus has been in vogue not only since the recent discovery...

Lunar Gateway: Why the European Refuelling Module is a gamechanger for exploration missions

Spaceflight 09. December 2022 Fill it up, please! Why the European Refuelling Module is a gamechanger[...] . For aircraft, in-flight refuelling has been common practice for decades, at least in a military context[...] is being developed as "Xenon Transfer System" (XTS) by OHB in Bremen. Both...

Oerlikon AM and MT Aerospace join forces to offer aerospace customers additive manufacturing solutions

: Christian Hackenberg (Senior Vice President Strategy MT Aerospace), Marco Fuchs (CEO OHB SE), Michael Süss[...] AG, a subsidiary of Bremen-based space company OHB SE. Additive manufacturing is driving the next industrial[...] . Investors must not rely on this information for investment decisions...

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

to be documented and transmitted to Earth by AIM. However, at the ESA Ministerial Council Meeting in December 2016[...] then decided to carry out the DART mission anyway. Observation of the impact and measurements of the orbit[...] by the ESA member states. The new probe is called Hera and will...

#DestinationVenus Part 9: What insights can we expect from the new Venus missions?

. In his second interview with OHB, he explains how the new Venus missions recently announced by NASA and ESA[...] probe. So we may have as many as five missions at Venus at the same time in a decade. That would be even[...] Decade" For a long time, not much attention was paid to Venus. Last...

Small but powerful: Microsatellite ESAIL gets ready for launch

Miguel Ordoñez Labrador from OHB subsidiary LuxSpace talks about the challenges of the project[...] the right way to get started? My previous experience in the space sector certainly played a decisive role[...] suppliers has also contributed decisively to this successful result. Above all,...