OHB System AG awarded contract for the development phase of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 Next Generation

Press Release EU Earth observation: OHB System AG has been awarded a contract for the development[...] of expertise in the development of Earth observation satellites Bremen, 15 January 2023 – The view from space[...] to develop the next generation of Sentinel-2 satellites for the European Earth ...

OHB facilitating astronomical research

confined to the ground. Airborne observatories and telescopes placed in space provide access to wavelength[...] research extends from ground-based telescopes (Wendelstein telescope, NEOSTEL ) and airborne observatories[...] insights. Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. As early as the Stone...

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

change were to be carried out by observatories on Earth. Hera as successor to AIM However, at the ESA[...] planet Earth can be protected from dangerous asteroids Well over 1 million asteroids have already been[...] to their trajectory and size and are under special observation. However, ESA and...

OHB awarded a study to predict weather phenomena in space more effectively

more effectively ESA contract worth EUR 3.3 million – space weather effects a threat to infrastructure on the earth[...] observation of weather phenomena in space. Proposals for the “Lagrange Mission” study had been requested[...] 5”, which is located around 150 million kilometers from the earth....

ESA’s PLATO observatory: OHB System AG readies for integration of 26 cameras

to be able to carry out observations undisturbed, PLATO will be placed behind the Earth as seen from the sun[...] Press Release ESA’s PLATO observatory: OHB System AG readies for integration of 26 cameras[...] planets transit their stars, temporarily blocking out part of the starlight. The observ...

OHB and ESA signed a contract for the third Copernicus CO2M-Satellite

of these Earth observation satellites will be in space for the mission. © OHB Brussels/Bremen, 28 January 2025[...]   – For the sake of our planet and for the sake of humanity: The CO2M mission of the European Earth observation[...] and competence in developing Earth observation satellites....

Belgium and LaRa on their way to Mars

of the mission ExoMars © ESA Brussels / Antwerp, May 14, 2018. The planetary scientists at the Royal Observatory[...] , enabling scientists at the Royal Observatory to study the rotation of Mars as well as its internal[...] /LaraExoMars About the Royal Observatory of Belgium: The Royal Observatory...

OHB Venture Capital invests in astrofactum

using it outside the Earth’s atmosphere, means astronomic objects can be observed[...] . The ultraviolet spectrum can only be observed from space due to the screening properties of the Earth’s atmosphere[...] and geostationary satellites for navigation, scientific, communication and Earth observat...

OHB and ESA seal PLATO scientific mission

kilometers from Earth From its target orbit at Lagrange point 2 2) the PLATO observatory will be advancing[...] to launch the PLATO space observatory in 2026 to detect and study exoplanets1) that are orbiting other stars[...] and support by OHB staff during the launch campaign and the start-up...

OHB’s first hyperspectral satellite preparing for launch into space

    Hyperspectral satellite PRISMA to open up new opportunities in earth observation[...] to go: In the night from March 14 to 15, the earth observation satellite engineered by OHB Italia, a subsidiary[...] by the Italian Space Agency ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), the satellite will be observin...