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

be talking about. Further articles on Exploration #DestinationVenus 07. September 2021 On a flying visit[...] by NASA and ESA. Read more #DestinationVenus 20. October 2021 "It's going to be an exciting time[...] , on the benefits of a Venus mission. Read more Exploration 21. October 2022...

Is there life on Mars?

, these risks are relatively small. Read more #DestinationVenus 07. September 2021 On a flying visit[...] by NASA and ESA. Read more #DestinationVenus 20. October 2021 "It's going to be an exciting time[...] , on the benefits of a Venus mission. Read more Exploration 21. October 2022 Artemis,...

Artemis, the Gateway and the future of humanity in space

in 2027 at the earliest. I-HAB is one of two ESA contributions. The other, the European System Providing[...] 21. October 2022 Humanity's return to the Moon Artemis, the Gateway and the next giant leap There are many[...] is to initiate the return to the moon. By 2025 at the earliest, Artemis 3...

EASI-STRESS: Non-destructive analysis of residual stress in components

components that can influence their load-bearing capacity. © MTA 3D-Printing Innovation 07. February 2022[...] EASI-STRESS: Non-destructive analysis of residual stress in components   Since 1 January 2021, OHB[...] has been part of the EASI-STRESS project funded by the EU under Horizon 2020. The...

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

is to go into operation in 2027, but unlike the ISS, it will not be permanently crewed. Rather, the Gateway will be used[...] and space The new Cold War in space: Here's how it affects the succession of the ISS 4 August 2022[...] will fulfil the current contracts until 2024, after that they want...

Return to the Moon: First Apollo, now Artemis

by 2024. On March 26, 2019, during the fifth meeting of the National Space Council in Huntsville, Alabama[...] by astronauts for 2028. A lot has happened since March 26: Pence’s rallying cry of “What we need now is urgency[...] of the Artemis program is to send not just the next man but also the...

Locations

Locations worldwide   Headquarters OHB SE Bremen, Germany Fon +49 (0) 421 2020-8 Fax[...] +49 (0) 421 2020-700 SPACE SYSTEMS OHB System AG Bremen, Germany Fon +49 (0) 421 2020-8 Fax +49 (0) 421 2020[...] , Germany Fon +49 (0) 421 2020-8 Fax +49 (0) 421 2020-700 Corporate READ MORE Milestones READ

MTG Meteosat Third Generation: Taking a precise look at the atmosphere

From the end of 2022 onwards, the first MTG satellites will gradually launch into space where[...] from OHB technology. © OHB Career Company 06. April 2021 Taking a precise look at the atmosphere MTG[...] . From the end of 2022 onwards, the first MTG satellites will gradually launch into space...

How small satellites made in Bremen could be used to detect methane sources

in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. © IUP Earth Observation 18. November 2022 BreKliMon: How small satellites made[...] 2022, the scientists successfully tested their novel instrument MAMAP2D Light for the detection[...] emission reduction strategies. More about Earth observation: Career 26. August ...

Space Encounter: Despite the Corona pandemic: 5 reasons why space industry will continue to gain importance in 2021

pandemic: 5 reasons why space industry will continue to gain importance in 2021 December 22, 2020. What[...] 2020. On the other hand, I am also impressed by how states, societies and companies have responded[...] . In this column I would like to focus less on taking stock of 2020 and more on...

Destination Venus part 2: Why a mission to venus can spark the development of new technologies

there in eight to ten years. India apparently wants to land on Venus as early as 2024[...] somewhere out there. More about #DestinationVenus: #DestinationVenus 20. October 2021[...] 23. September 2021 Interplanetary travel routes - Part 3 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy

Destination Venus Part 7: How OHB intends to bring scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Venus

change this. © JAXA #DestinationVenus Exploration 16. September 2020 How OHB intends to bring scientific[...] one begins in 2023 and ends in 2025. From a technical point of view, a launch is possible in 2026[...] at the earliest - but only if the necessary funds are made available at the...

We.OHB - Part 4t: It’s fascinating to see all the things that have been achieved at this company over the last 37 years

at one of Europe’s most successful space companies. Career portal Read more: Career 10. October 2024 Educate[...] , Entertain & Inspire: How the OHB community NextGen creates connections Read more Career 19. May 2021[...] . More Career 06. April 2021 MTG Meteosat Third Generation: Taking a precise...

Lunar Gateway: Why the European Refuelling Module is a gamechanger for exploration missions

Spaceflight 09. December 2022 Fill it up, please! Why the European Refuelling Module is a gamechanger[...] and docked there. The timetable? A launch in 2028. The bigger picture With the development of the XTS, OHB[...] system: Pioneers of Aerospace 23. May 2023 Interview with Hans Königsmann: In...

Milestones

THE OHB STORY HIGH FIVE: From a five-man team to the Top 3 in European aerospace   How the Fuchs family and its team turned the small hydraulics company OHB into a global player in the international space industry. 1981   A small step for man The success stories of exceptional companies frequently...

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

© OHB Space Encounter 06. January 2020 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] of extraterrestrial life January 6, 2020. In the past few weeks you have without a doubt heard, seen and read a lot[...] about the “Twenties”. Many media reports are comparing the 1920s with the now...

We.OHB - Part 3: The current growth perspective of OHB offers us great opportunities

10. October 2024 Educate, Entertain & Inspire: How the OHB community NextGen creates connections Read[...] more Career 19. May 2021 Great visions with small satellites Fredrik Sjöberg and Benoit Mathieu, OHB Sweden’s[...] and self-confidence. More Career 06. April 2021 MTG Meteosat Third...

OHB facilitating astronomical research

12. September 2022 Gazing at the stars OHB facilitating astronomical research Humans have always been fascinated[...] debris. More about the exploration of space: Pioneers of Aerospace 23. May 2023 Interview with Hans[...] Königsmann: In search of the origins of our existence Read more...

Space Encounter: I strongly believe in Rocket Factory Augsburg – withdrawal is out of the question

of the question" No space flight without rockets. Why this is the hour of the microlauncher. 20 March 2023[...] Galileo satellites. 2023 sees the last Ariane 5 launches In March 2023, Europe will have two Ariane[...] of the governments of France, Germany and Italy at the last ESA Council of...

#DestinationVenus Part 8: On a flying visit to Earth's closest neighbour

07. September 2021 On a flying visit to Earth's closest neighbour Two flybys kick off the "Decade of Venus[...] missions are scheduled to head towards Venus between 2028 and 2030. EnVision is currently scheduled[...] . More about #DestinationVenus: #DestinationVenus 20. October 2021 "It's going to...

Space Encounter: New self-confidence in space

in space: "Agenda 2025" of the new ESA chief puts Europe back on level ground with China and the U.S. April[...] 7, 2021. Josef Aschbacher, Bill Nelson and Philippe Baptiste - three names that stand for important[...] happen to have been made at almost the same time in March 2021. Aschbacher...

OHB SE renewing syndicated loan ahead of schedule on improved terms

, the facility has been extended ahead of schedule until May 2021 plus two one-year renewal options. At the same[...] its funding on a solid footing until at least May 2021.  The funding continues to be provided[...] of Corporate Communications Phone: +49 421 2020 9159 Email: marianne.radel@ohb.de...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 1: How to improve air quality with clean room technology

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace 21. July 2021 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 1: How[...] : TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy[...] . More TwoMinutesOfSpace 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and Venus? - Part 6 of...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 2: Comet Interceptor or How to visit an unknown comet

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace Exploration 18. August 2021 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season[...] More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten[...] fuel. More TwoMinutesOfSpace 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and Venus? -...

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

On 26 September 2022, DART is expected to collide with the asteroid Dimorphos, thereby changing[...] its orbit. © ESA Hera Space Safety Exploration 19. September 2022 Billiards in space - DART and Hera How[...] . The project is subject to a very tight schedule, as Hera must launch as early as 2024...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 13: New Space - What can mega constellations like Starlink do?

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace New Space 16. July 2020 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 13: New[...] : TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy[...] . More TwoMinutesOfSpace 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and Venus? - Part 6 of...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 15: A new mission to Venus?

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace Exploration #DestinationVenus 21. September 2020[...] More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten[...] fuel. More TwoMinutesOfSpace 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and Venus? - Part...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 3: Interplanetary travel routes - From Earth to Mars and Venus

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace Exploration #DestinationVenus 23. September 2021[...] can be found here: Google - Privacy & Terms More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022[...] 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and Venus? - Part 6 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 4: Arctic Weather Satellite

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace 15. October 2021 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part[...] : Google - Privacy & Terms More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part[...] through space without using fuel. More TwoMinutesOfSpace 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 5: How space technology makes railway lines safer and more efficient

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace PCS 03. November 2021 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part[...] More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten[...] fuel. More TwoMinutesOfSpace 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 6: Life on Mars and Venus?

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace Exploration 02. December 2021 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season[...] More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten[...] fuel. More TwoMinutesOfSpace 03. November 2021 From space to the...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 7: Solar Sailing

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace Exploration 09. May 2022 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part[...] More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and Venus? - Part 6 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season[...] of our solar system. More TwoMinutesOfSpace 03. November 2021 From...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 12: Asteroids - How can our Earth be protected?

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace Hera 18. June 2020 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 12: Asteroids[...] here: Google - Privacy & Terms More #TwoMinutesOfSpace: TwoMinutesOfSpace 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing[...] how spacecraft can move through space without using fuel. More TwoMinutesOfSpace 02....

TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 14: Space debris - Do we need a garbage collection service in space?

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace New Space Satellites Space Safety 07. August 2020[...] 09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick[...] 02. December 2021 Life on Mars and Venus? - Part 6 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with...

Space Encounter: Space debris must not become a tool for a new Cold War in space

not become a tool for a new Cold War in space" 9 December 2021. With the election of Olaf Scholz[...] of 2021, a European consortium of 15 companies and institutions, including OHB, has joined forces[...] work is due to be completed by mid-2022. However, the case of the Russian satellite...

Space Encounter: Germany demonstrates claim to technology leadership

about time and space Germany demonstrates claim to technology leadership 25 November 2022.  Europe[...] missions from the very beginning. Most recently, as is well known, the ExoMars 2022 mission had[...] decided to resume the mission with a new constellation of partners and to launch it in 2028....

CO2M: Tracking down human CO2 emissions - Part 1

protection and are to be provided by the CO2M satellites. CO2M Satellites Earth Observation 15. July 2022[...] the industrial consortium which is working flat out to realise the satellites for the mission by 2025[...] . The launch of the first CO2M satellite is planned for the end of 2025. More...

CO2M: Tracking down human CO2 emissions - Part 2

protection and are to be provided by the CO2M satellites. CO2M Satellites Earth Observation 03. August 2022[...] the industrial consortium which is working flat out to realise the satellites for the mission by 2025[...] . The launch of the first CO2M satellite is planned for the end of 2025. More...

Space Encounter: The story of a good idea

idea "It is the logical step for OHB to have invested in UNIO" 30 October 2023. I follow the constantly[...] is a start-up founded in 2022 that is driving the development of its own satellite constellation with a focus[...] . Marco Fuchs is married and has two children. Read more: Space Encounter...

Destination Venus part 5: Why a mission to Venus helps us to deepen our knowledge about Earth

#DestinationVenus Exploration 23. January 2020 Our sister planet and each phase of its development provide[...] #DestinationVenus: #DestinationVenus 20. October 2021 "It's going to be an exciting time for planetary[...] our nearest neighbouring planet. Read more TwoMinutesOfSpace 23. September...

"Spaceflight in Europe has always been different from spaceflight in America"

2021 "Spaceflight in Europe has always been different from spaceflight in America" Hans-Joerg[...] at Space X from 2011 to 2021. In this interview, he explains why the space industry is different[...] . We had the first orbital flight with a crew in May 2020. It consisted of two astronauts from...

Management Board

the CEO of OHB SE since 2000 and since 2024 member of the Supervisory Board of OHB System AG. He studied[...] Dr. Markus Moeller, born in 1973, has been member of the Management Board since July 2023. He was most[...] , has been member of the Management Board since January 2022. She had been...

5 Questions and Answers about the MTG - Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite programme

(photo) was built in OHB's clean rooms. © OHB Meteosat 12. December 2022 5 questions and answers[...] of improving forecasting ability. On 13 December 2022, the first MTG Imager satellite will be launched[...] will the other launches take place? Currently, the launch of the first Sounder is...

“The first major stage has been completed” - Interview with Dr Wolfgang Paetsch

3 will work like this: we are planning for the first launch in 2020. We can assume that, starting in 2020[...] at the end of 2020. Thereafter, two additional satellites will follow about every three months until all[...] will reach the end of their life span around 2023. It remains to be seen...

Space Encounter: Why the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not

the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not March 4, 2021. "Perseverance[...] some 22.7 billion kilometres by the end of February 2021 and is the first human-built object to leave[...] settlements there. Most recently, he has set his sights on 2026 for a...

Supervisory Board

from November 2013 to November 2020. Through his offices as long-time president of the trade associations[...] a member of the Supervisory Board of OHB SE since 2018 and its Deputy Chairman since 2023. Dr.-Ing. Hans[...] , which was developed in close collaboration with OHB. From 2002 to 2021, he...

Space Encounter: Europe's security is also defended in space

" 11 November 2022. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said something in his opening[...] . The fact that the 2022 World Climate Conference ends when the triennial ESA Ministerial Conference begins[...] and has two children. Read more: Space Encounter 30. October 2023...

Space Encounter: I am convinced that with KKR we have found the ideal partner to bring us a big step forward on our way becoming the European Space Champion

Space Champion" 7 August 2023. In Europe, we have been dealing for quite some time with the question[...] strategy “OHB 2025 – Shaping the future” is the reflection of what OHB wants to achieve in the future[...] 2011. Marco Fuchs is married and has two children. Read more: Space Encounter 30....

#DestinationVenus Part 9: What insights can we expect from the new Venus missions?

20. October 2021 "It’ll be an exciting time for planetary science" Astrophysicist Dr Michael Joseph Way[...] be selected for implementation as early as 2021? I think it was a pleasant surprise for everyone[...] . More about #DestinationVenus: TwoMinutesOfSpace 23. September 2021 Interplanetary...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 1: Why OHB is conducting research on geoengineering

. © NASA Geoengineering Future 15. January 2021 "We have not lived in nature for a long time" Humankind[...] hours for 2021. Of course, we want to use these to further develop our mission concept. But we also want[...] : Geoengineering 25. February 2022 “The more diverse the knowledge base is, the...