Out of the comfort zone, into the OHB cosmos

-ups that supply components for the aerospace industry. But nobody actually builds complete satellites[...] satellite. As I had studied mechanical engineering in the Czech Republic, I was also very well qualified[...] with satellite data and AI Read more Pia Bausch We.OHB 25. July 2022 We.OHB -...

Space debris: Earth’s orbit is getting cluttered

. Nevertheless, modern satellites are designed to burn up as completely as possible in the atmosphere to further[...] or simulate what happens to our satellites during and after re-entry. This helps to make certain design[...] . At this speed, even the smallest particles have enormous destructive...

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

, the satellite is directly exposed to the sun for most of the time. It is quite a design challenge to ensure[...] and then contract, which would be deadly for finely adjusted optical devices. And so the satellite’s thermal budget[...] From the end of 2022 onwards, the first MTG satellites will...

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

experiments in gravity-free conditions at the cost of millions of dollars had become boring, especially[...] points where they intersect again. However, certain conditions must be satisfied for this to occur

LuxSpace and ORBCOMM awarded with multi-year contract by European Maritime Safety Agency

design to satellite manufacturing. The launch of VesselSat 1 & 2 in 2011 and 2012 marked an important[...] . (Nasdaq: ORBC), announced the award of a four-year satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data[...] . LuxSpace will provide ORBCOMM’s global real-time data feed of satellite-based...

What is EnMAP capable of?

hyperspectral satellite will provide new insights about the global environment The Earth observation satellite[...] hyperspectral satellite. What is EnMAP capable of? The spectrally high-resolution images created by EnMAP[...] instrument that the satellite will carry on board will enable the sate...

There’s quite a lot going on up there: space debris is becoming an ever bigger problem

, the Chinese destroyed the satellite in 2007 from the ground, breaking it up into over 40,000 pieces of debris[...] could hit astronauts, satellites and other spacecraft and damage them. How much junk is floating[...] . This means that satellites and fragments remain at these heights for hundreds...

High school students

related fields, e.g., satellite software, artificial intelligence, network security Selecting[...] a practice-integrated specialist training program at OHB System AG in various subject areas, e.g. satellite[...] specialist training program at OHB System AG in various subject areas, e.g. satellite...

Ship ahoy! How LuxSpace uses AIS messages to monitor worldwide shipping traffic

Batch 3 FOC (full operational capability) satellites, 24 navigation satellites designed, engineered[...] around the world. Satellites operated by partner company Orbcomm collect the AIS messages and relay them[...] to the ground station and then to LuxSpace, which sends them to its customers. The...

Exploration of outer space: In search of the origins of our existence

, we must implement cost-effective transportation using reusable launchers. So, if one day we can protect