“Columbus” flew into space 10 years ago

docking with the International Space Station ISS just a few days later. Since then, humankind’s outpost[...] at that time worked on the infrastructure or on experiments for the space station. Consequently, a whole series[...] on board the space station in microgravity conditions is giving...

50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter

space station Mir. Part of the mission is a spacewalk - the first to be undertaken by a German astronaut[...] to some extent when you view the Earth from the space station, but not in the same way. This impression[...] was to build a lunar station. However, these plans didn’t eventuate. Why not?...

Germany is a global center for superstition

AG and started to present the weather for the German ARD TV station in 1994. Since 2011 he has been regularly[...] stations in Germany. In fact, our goal is to set up 11,000 of them, i.e. one in each German municipality[...] . But it goes without saying that the images from space are very...

Pioneers of space: the new path to space

I remained at LuxSpace, where I was able to work on an experiment for the International Space Station ISS[...] as there are private weather stations on the earth offering data, so too is this conceivable for satellite-based[...] of space flight. In a conversation, he explains how the work of a...

EDRS-C reached launch site Kourou

of satellites in an orbit that makes them appear to be permanently "fixed" over a network of ground stations[...] communication technology. It then sends the data down to ground stations based in Europe. For the inter[...] between the EDRS satellites and the ground stations. Team effort OHB...

OHB at the Paris Air Show 2017

are primarily targeted at the outfitting and operation of the International Space Station ISS. The exploration[...] sides benefit from careful planning, we would ask you to contact  julia.riedl@ohb.de , stating[...]  is taking place at Le Bourget air field on June 19 - 25, 2017. OHB SE will be...

OHB developing its own satellite platform for earth observation missions

to prepare the data to optimum effect for the state of the art ESA ground control stations, thus providing[...] the basis for more efficient communications between the satellite and the ground station. OHB and RUAG[...] a decisive step forward towards a standardized avionics architecture for our...

Germany's eyes in space – The SAR-Lupe and SARah satellite reconnaissance systems

without violating the sovereign rights of other states. This means that information can be collected safely[...] and comprises three satellites and two ground stations. Unlike SAR-Lupe, not all SARah satellites are identical[...] of images can be recorded per day. Furthermore, the use of several...

Protection from space: OHB and the European Commission signed the grant agreement for ODIN'S EYE II

90 million from the European Defense Fund (EDF) and additional member States’ co-financing. The industrial[...] consortium comprises 43 companies from 14 European member states under the lead of Bremen's space experts[...] capability is essential in regard of the current geopolitical state of the...

ESA Council decides: Member States to support Ariane 6 production

30. October 2020 Press Release ESA Council decides: Member States to support Ariane 6 production[...] to ask the member states of the space agency for further support. The countries are to pay a total of 230[...] million euros. This brings the development costs to around 3.8 billion euros. "If...