Mission accomplished: OHB placing the largest clean room in operation

cleanroom and 1,900 square meters office space Mission accomplished: Architect Arne Schlichtmann hands over[...] and planning offices faced a tight schedule to ensure that satellite projects can now be implemented in the ISO[...] ; by contrast, a single human hair is 50 micrometers thick. From the...

OHB CEO Fuchs: Asteroid research to protect the Earth

asteroids enter our planetary system each year,” says Marc Scheper, department head of exploration studies[...] , planetariums, observatories, museums, schools, theaters, libraries, town congress halls and in public places[...] ), Russell Louis “Rusty” Schweikart (Apollo 9 astronaut and vice...

OHB subsidiary megatel GmbH renamed OHB Digital Services GmbH

Digital Services GmbH is part of the OHB Group. This will benefit the entire Group,” says Ulrich Schulz

OHB on its way to Mars: Carrier leaving the Bremen site

and Surface Platform Mission” (RSP), OHB’s carrier module is scheduled to transport a descent and landing[...] , including those contributed by OHB subsidiary AntwerpSpace. The schedule for the assembly of the carrier[...] . “There is only one launch window every 26 months for such a mission. So,...

Significant milestone reached: OHB hands over first flight model for MTG weather satellites

to generate the weather forecasts we know from newspapers and television," says Rüdiger Schönfeld, Director[...] Schönfeld. "For OHB, this is a big step in the further development of our expertise. It is the first major[...] of the four Imager satellites. "Delivery of the FCI Telescope Assembly...

EnMAP: Making the invisible visible

, Bernhard Sang and Rüdiger Schönfeld about the importance of the German hyperspectral mission for addressing[...] the beginning? Rüdiger Schönfeld: Absolutely. Although some advancements have already been made in the EnMAP[...] the skills gained from EnMAP and CHIME in the marketplace? Rüdiger Sc...

Four Galileo FOC satellites successfully launched all at once

eight satellites are proceeding according to our schedule.” In the coming weeks, the Galileo control[...] of the satellites under production, we are still within schedule”, adds OHB Director for Navigation, Dr. Wolfgang[...] optimise the time schedules during the production and the mandatory test...

Partying until dawn: OHB celebrates successful liftoff for Galileo satellites

for FM 23 & 24, the satellites lifted off from the spaceport in Kourou on schedule. © ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG[...] completed all the tasks right up to the launch on schedule despite the numerous restrictions resulting[...] are already in the starting blocks and are scheduled for...

OHB proceeds with consolidation phase for ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission

is still the tight schedule, as the AIM-mission must be launched in October 2020 to catch the asteroid[...] and navigation form a crucial part of the mission design,” explains OHB project manager Marc Scheper. “First[...] quantity of propellant,” Scheper adds. The Mission will provide all the...

TEXUS-55 marks successful completion of the double campaign

the mission to project manager Andreas Schütte from the Airbus Team, who is leaving the team, source: Airbus[...] campaign has been scheduled for the launch pad in Northern Sweden to make use of synergistic benefits