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[...] CO2M-Satellite Europe’s cutting-edge mission to monitor greenhouse gases will be enhanced – A huge step[...]   – For the sake of our planet and for the sake of humanity: The CO2M mis...

OHB Sweden signs Launch Service Agreement with Rocket Factory Augsburg

Augsburg Rocket Factory selected for the dedicated launch of a commercial mission Augsburg, 31 March 2021[...] mission scheduled for mid-2024. “OHB Sweden and Rocket Factory share a common philosophy to provide[...] of over three decades in the design, development and testing of low-cost small...

Ad hoc announcement according to Art. 17 MAR: OHB proposals for the Copernicus project selected by ESA

Agency ESA as the prime contractor for the CO2M mission (CO2 Monitoring Mission in the Copernicus program[...] ). This mission includes the Copernicus satellites, which will measure global anthropogenic CO2 emissions and thus[...] will also be responsible for the payload on two further missions...

OHB reserving capacity with Arianespace for satcom satellite

it is launched in 2021 on board an Ariane 5, the Heinrich Hertz mission will lay the foundations for securing[...] at OHB. OHB lead-managing the Heinrich Hertz mission OHB System AG was commissioned in summer 2017 by DLR[...] Space Administration with the execution of this national satellite miss...

Israeli moon landing: "It's a huge success to have come this far."

." OHB CEO Marco Fuchs congratulates Israel on lunar mission - and is determined to be part of the next[...] mission Artistic representation of the Beresheet lunar lander. © SpaceIL Bremen, 12. April 2019[...] . The landing of the Israeli space probe "Beresheet" on the moon did not go according to...

First communication experiment with Heinrich Hertz satellite successful: Portable KU-band antenna ILKA makes contact

the transmitted and received signals, among other things. The Heinrich Hertz mission and its partners The Heinrich[...] Hertz mission marks the first launch of a dedicated German communications satellite for researching[...] and testing new technologies and communications scenarios. The mission...

OHB celebrates the successful launch of EnMAP

the actual mission is just getting off the ground and I hope that EnMAP will reveal completely new insights[...] this highly complex mission." The launch of EnMAP marked the beginning of a new era in Earth observation, said[...] events and thanked the employees for their commitment to this...

All systems go! EnMAP launch date confirmed by SpaceX

magazine and on the official English-language mission site . Note: Track the launch live on April 1, 2022[...] of the first German hyperspectral mission EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program). The lift off[...] of the EnMAP mission will provide a very important tool for protecting the...

Protecting the Earth from threats from outer space

procedures to protect humanity from asteroid impacts and to facilitate future exploration missions. The real[...] that wants to write history “The Hera mission is Europe’s contribution to a joint but staggered ‘planetary[...] defense mission’ with NASA and thus a very specific contribution to the...

Instrument for German environmental satellite EnMAP performing well in test campaign

, August 7, 2020. The name of the satellite mission speaks for itself: EnMAP, short for “Environmental[...] in test campaign Space missions for environmental and climate protection In the focus at OHB Oberpfaffenhofen[...] tests. “EnMAP is the first German hyperspectral satellite mission and is...