Belgium and LaRa on their way to Mars

. Belgium and the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) fund the development and the manufacturing of LaRa through[...] scientific research institute that falls under the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). Researchers of the ROB[...] study as well the Earth, the Sun as other bodies of the near and far...

Successful mission by sounding rocket MAXUS-9

the scientific and technological experiments which the rocket was carrying in its interior. On its 10th MAXUS[...] conditions that MAXUS typically provides are used by scientists to perform their experiments that are contained[...] Space Station at a later date. During the mission, scientists at...

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...