OHB coordinates CityCLIM project

platform to enable metropolitan regions to adapt to changing climate conditions Bremen, 17 November 2021[...] . Europe's metropolitan areas are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. Prolonged heat[...] coordinator. Heat waves are a major problem for densely populated areas As...

EnMAP: A new superhero for the Earth

of their characteristic absorption and reflection properties. The information density is so great that, for example[...] to diagnose the Earth’s surface and record environmental changes. EnMAP will become an environmental observer[...] , far more complex multispectral instruments with up to...

Supervisory Board

Kramer Dr. Hans Königsmann Claire Wellby Raimund Wulf Robert Wethmar, Chairman of the Supervisory Board[...] legal predecessor, OHB AG, since 2012 and since 1st April 2018 Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Ingo[...] Kramer, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (independent member of the...

Supervisory Board OHB SE

Kramer Dr. Hans Königsmann Claire Wellby Raimund Wulf Robert Wethmar, Chairman of the Supervisory Board[...] legal predecessor, OHB AG, since 2012 and since 1st April 2018 Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Ingo[...] Kramer, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (independent member of the...

Destination Venus part 4: What could a mission to Venus look like?

3 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte[...] Bewick share their knowledge about space. In episode 2, Charlotte Bewick talks interplanetery travel[...] High pressure and extreme heat: The conditions on the surface of...

Successfully passed: First important test for OHB's EDRS-C satellite

the engineers like to refer to as the “thermal/vacuum test”, was conducted in a large chamber at the IABG space[...] of 6 meters, the chamber has been specifically designed for such strain. The EDRS-C satellite, which[...] has a height of just under 4 meters, rests on a swiveling fixture...

The Twenties will be a decade of increased human activity in space

in the structure of the industry. While the previous four decades were characterized by a space industry heavily[...] in particular is extremely robust and can adapt to major challenges. For this reason, I am fundamentally[...] - and I am also very sure that this trend will continue in the coming...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 5: How OHB has been working on the subject of geoengineering in 2021

is the primary objective in the fight against climate change – but geoengineering could be a flanking measure[...] mostly been thinking about how to mitigate the thermal effects of climate change with a solar shield[...] scenario that is economically challenging and would take too much time to...

Hyperspectral Future: Satellite Data for Smart Agriculture

a continuous spectrum, which is crucial for determining plant and crop characteristics. This enables new[...] chain – including state authorities, agricultural insurers, and private companies – her team[...] from 420 to 2450 nm (blue visible light to short-wave infrared) in 242 channels, shortest...

OHB’s first hyperspectral satellite arrived in orbit

characteristics of a landscape but is additionally able to determine the chemical and physical properties[...] data for monitoring and predicting environmental changes on our planet. Launched from the Kourou