Beautiful clouds on board the ISS Space Station

, Director Exploration, Science and Astronautical Space. “PK-4 can be used to systematically investigate how[...] at the kinetic level,” explains Roland Seurig from the OHB Space Center for Optics and Science in Oberpfaffenho[...] as a partner to the German, European and Russian space agencies,...

Antwerp Space awarded a contract for the realisation of the LaRa instrument for ExoMars 2020

will then be operational for more than a year, allowing a sufficient collection of science data. Please[...] . The scientific payload integrated to the surface platform will consist of several instruments thereof two[...] European. LaRa, a Belgian experiment conceived by a scientific team from the...

All tests in space successfully mastered: Earth observation satellite EnMAP impresses with top-quality data sets

observation satellite was developed and built at OHB's "Optics and Science" space centre in Oberpfaffenhofen[...] scientists from all over the world to submit their proposals for scientific observations in the EnMAP[...] of the scientific community, that the instrument is delivering such...

Basic research in space: Getting to the bottom of complex plasmas

) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (Joint Institute for High Temperatures, JIHT). The PK-4 research laboratory[...] Oberpfaffenhofen, December 6, 2019. Three-dimensional complex plasmas in space were the subject of a scientific[...] the scientific results of the “PK-4” plasma laboratory, which...

OHB Venture Capital invests in astrofactum

and services in the field of astronomical research, with a customer base from the domains science, education[...] network within the scientific research landscape. astrofactum was founded in 2014 with the long-term[...] successor to the Hubble Space Telescope will enable not only scientists, but...

Fly me to the Moon!

science payload. The follow-on ILL design increases payload accommodation options and mass capacity[...] to the Moon? Dr Lutz Richter, Project Manager ‘Future Projects Science & Exploration’ at OHB System[...] planets” in solar system science. Finally, the recently confirmed volatile deposits...

OHB awarded ESA contract for the development of 3 Biological Experiment Units for the Biolab facility on board the ISS

by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology from Trondheim. Each consortium partner will be responsible[...] realization of the “3D Bronchial Mucosa” experiment. For this the science team has pioneered the development[...] satellites for Earth observation, navigation,...

OHB Italia contributing to exploration of Mercury: SERENA instrument launched on-board BepiColombo

Abundances), one of 16 scientific instruments mounted on-board BepiColombo, in collaboration with the Italian[...] . The scientific information and accurate measurements that will be provided by this instrument will lead[...] of the SERENA suite, which controls and manages data to and from all the...

OHB awarded contract by DLR Space Administration for the technological management of technologies for the Heinrich Hertz satellite mission

is working on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to perform scientific[...] institutions as well as industry a platform for conducting a multitude of scientific/technical experiments[...] for the scientific/technical aspects of the technology orders. This...

OHB Earth Observation Satellite EnMAP to be launched in April 2022

science as well as politics and society with valid arguments in favour of climate and environmental[...] have been working with the international EnMAP Science Advisory Group on the mission's research program[...] , scientific and industrial policy objectives for us: It is our trailblazer for...