Milestones

a key role in the ExoMars mission satellite, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2016. © ESA[...] in weightless conditions. © OHB OHB contributed 14 research units to the German-Russian MIR 92 mission. © NASA[...] flights and contributions to the major space missions of the time...

Become a space pioneer by joining European space company OHB

current and future space missions. Prof. Dr. Claus Braxmaier also assists with the satellite missions[...] of exploring the technical challenges posed by a space mission. Working in a team, they receive a unique chance[...] it is activated, just like in a real space mission. With their...

Antwerp Space’s new clean room opens doors toward new European space programmes

, a collaboration between ESA and the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, consists of two missions to Mars. The first[...] of the mission – a surface platform which will land on Mars and a rover that will explore the planet’s surface[...] is  LaRa  (Lander Radioscience). The LaRa mission was designed...

Space Encounter: Bremen consolidating its “City of Space” reputation as the host of the IAC 2018

be of greater concern to us in the future. Firstly, because missions such as ExoMars, in which OHB is playing[...] mission, on which our Company is also working as the prime contractor, could be very helpful[...] abstract idea, which is why PLATO is also a scientific mission; but it very much...

OHB facilitating astronomical research

, PLATO). Space probes A further core competence of the OHB Group comprises the development of missions[...] of the overall systems. Further examples of exploration missions currently being worked on as part of studies[...] include Athena – an X-ray mission, Lisa – a mission for detecting...

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

integration. The mission: exoplanets and their stars At a distance of 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, PLATO[...] Agency’s (ESA) scientific mission PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is coming along[...] things are coming together when the industrial team led by OHB as prime...

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

. This is a consequence of the overview effect. This year, several missions, including the European ExoMars 2020 mission[...] . In an interview, he explains why crewed exploration missions need a strong motive and why this means that humanity[...] that the first landing will be on one of these two...

Space Encounter: The new Cold War in space: Here's how it affects the succession of the ISS

sector. After the end of the European-Russian Mars mission ExoMars, the end of launches with the Russian[...] . There, ESA wanted to carry out the Luna missions together with Roskosmos. This was to test new equipment[...] to transport astronauts to the lunar surface with the American Artemis missi...

Antwerp Space selected to develop the communications subsystem for Ariel

for the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (Ariel) mission of the European Space Agency (ESA[...] in the universe. The mission is scheduled to be launched in 2029. The communications subsystem under development[...] ). Ariel is the fourth medium-class mission in ESA’s...

How MT Mechatronics is using radio telescopes to help answer the major questions of interest to humanity

, on the benefits of a Venus mission. Read more Exploration 21. October 2022 Artemis, the Gateway and the future[...] is a gamechanger for exploration missions Read more Exploration 12. September 2022 Gazing at the stars – OHB[...] it is an exciting destination for scientific missions. Read more...