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

and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick present concentrated space knowledge[...] and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge about space[...] . In episode 7, Charlotte Bewick explains how spacecraft can move through...

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

2 - Part 2: Comet Interceptor Space knowledge with OHB experts Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space[...] pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick present concentrated space knowledge in "TwoMinutesOfSpace[...] Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick...

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

and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick present concentrated space knowledge[...] Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space[...] pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge about...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 4: Arctic Weather Satellite

4: Arctic Weather Satellite Space knowledge with OHB experts Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space[...] pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick present concentrated space knowledge in "TwoMinutesOfSpace[...] 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space...

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

5: From space to the railways Space knowledge with OHB experts Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space[...] pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick present concentrated space knowledge in "TwoMinutesOfSpace[...] Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick...

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

2 - Part 6: Life on Mars and Venus? Space knowledge with OHB experts Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick[...] Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick present concentrated space knowledge[...] in "TwoMinutesOfSpace" and explain the big and small wonders of space. In episode 6, Charlotte...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 - Part 7: Solar Sailing

7: Solar Sailing Space knowledge with OHB experts Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers[...] Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick present concentrated space knowledge in "TwoMinutesOfSpace[...] " and explain the big and small wonders of space. In episode 7, Charlotte Bewick explains...

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

and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge about space[...] . In episode 7, Charlotte Bewick explains how spacecraft can move through space without using fuel[...] Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 15: A new mission to Venus?

Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge[...] about space. In episode 7, Charlotte Bewick explains how spacecraft can move through space without using[...] Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy...

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

- Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten[...] Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge about space. In episode 7, Charlotte Bewick explains[...] Life on Mars and Venus? - Part 6 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten...

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

09. May 2022 Solar Sailing - Part 7 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick[...] Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge about space. In episode[...] 7, Charlotte Bewick explains how spacecraft can move through space without using...

ESA announces the Zero Debris Charter initiative supported by Airbus Defence and Space, OHB and Thales Alenia Space

22. June 2023 Press Release ESA announces the Zero Debris Charter initiative supported by Airbus[...] Debris Charter initiative,” says ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher. The Zero Debris Charter aims[...] by ESA under its PROTECT Accelerator , the Zero Debris Charter will be co-developed with...

Big science and industry join forces to innovate new space technologies

AG to tackle industry challenges. They join forces to advance the characterisation of aerospace materials[...] in the field of advanced characterisation of aerospace materials and fabrication processes. Together, the two[...] characterisation of aerospace materials and fabrication processes To...

OHB sets an example for diversity in the working world

25. March 2019 Press Release OHB sets an example for diversity in the working world  Charter[...] SE, signed the Charter of Diversity in the presence of numerous employees at OHB's Bremen location[...] . By signing the charter, OHB is sending a signal for diversity in the working world. The...

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

The emergence and spread of humankind has already permanently changed the face of the Earth[...] has changed the Earth and will continue to do so in the future – what matters is the direction[...] of the change OHB recently completed a study on the subject of geoengineering and another one is...

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

and Charlotte Bewick More TwoMinutesOfSpace 23. September 2021 Interplanetary travel routes - Part[...] 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...

Germany is a global center for superstition

on gaps in knowledge about climate change and the importance of satellite data for precise weather[...] presenting the weather on his YouTube channel and he runs his own weather website. He is also regularly[...] involved in lively debates with climate change deniers on Twitter. In an interview...

Challenge accomplished: OHB selects winners at INNOspace Masters

02. July 2019 Press Release Challenge accomplished: OHB selects winners at INNOspace Masters[...] Challenge, who was simultaneously also the overall winner: the start-up ESDA-Axiotherm GmbH, led by Dirk[...] and systems.  PCM is a phase change material, i.e. a material that can store a high...

Is there life on Mars?

Interceptor - Part 2 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick[...] 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 routes...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 2: Why geoengineering is becoming a topic in climate research

To prevent climate change from crossing certain tipping points, geoengineering may eventually[...] and future climate changes. In an interview with OHB, he explains what influence humans have on the global[...] . Professor Lohmann, does climate change exist? Gerrit Lohmann: It most definitely...

OHB supporting ESA BIC Challenge at the INNOspace Masters — Start-ups awarded

08. February 2018 Press Releases OHB supporting ESA BIC Challenge at the INNOspace Masters — Start[...] ” project in the ESA BIC Challenge supported by OHB. The ESA BIC Challenge is searching for business ideas[...] . This was the second time that OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124)...

OHB awarded ESA contract for Dream Chaser Spacecraft study

05. December 2018 Press Release OHB awarded ESA contract for Dream Chaser® Spacecraft study[...] The space utility vehicle is designed for transporting cargo to low-Earth orbit Dream Chaser on orbit. © SNC[...] to use Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft as a...

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

industry has always been characterized by enormous capital requirements. Space is the technology[...] Space Champion" 7 August 2023. In Europe, we have been dealing for quite some time with the question[...] adversary, the requirements for military space infrastructure have also changed...

Space company OHB has won a €280 million contract to develop two new ESA Earth Explorer science and research satellites

community want to observe? For the oceans, Harmony will enable the characterization and quantification[...] action to tackle climate change Contract signature event at the IAC in Milan: Rüdiger Schönfeld, Board[...] will provide valuable data to the scientific community to better understand our...

Muscle work in space: Training plan à la OHB for Alexander Gerst

a vibration in the skin which the device detects as a basis for evaluating the muscle characteristics[...] is under the coordination of Prof Dr Dieter Blottner from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and sponsored by ESA and DLR[...] at the Toulouse Space Center.   A benefit for humanity On...

PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars

such as these: How do planets arise? How do they change over time? Is our solar system unique? What characteristics[...] to characterize more precisely the star in question and to determine its age.” How PLATO will be detecting unknown[...] of discovering exoplanets, but also the means to charact...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 3: What is geoengineering?

are there? And is geoengineering the solution to climate change? Climate change exists and humans are causing it – there has been[...] more and more obvious. On the current path, climate change is heading towards a point where it is no longer enough[...] to the Earth". The Intergovernmental Panel...

The Dream Chaser® for European Utilization Program Takes Flight with Memorandum of Understanding

07. February 2018 Press Releases The Dream Chaser® for European Utilization Program Takes Flight[...] with Memorandum of Understanding The Dream Chaser® for European Utilization (DC4EU) program kicked off its pilot[...] -Earth Orbit (LEO) via the Dream Chaser space utility vehicle (SUV). “The...

ESA’s PLATO observatory: OHB System AG readies for integration of 26 cameras

: “It is amazing to see how our dream of a telescope able to detect and characterise Earth-like planets around[...] of research work. The observations enable a more precise characterisation of stars outside our solar system[...] the possibility to find exoplanets with characteristics similar to...

First space conference focusing on climate protection – OHB exhibits at GLOC 2023

protection Oslo / Bremen, 23 May 2023 – The first "Global Space Conference on Climate Change" (GLOC 2023[...] and the various ways in which satellite data can be used to address climate change. Efficient use of space-based[...] use of space-based resources in the fight against climate change and...

Robert Wethmar new Chairman of the Supervisory Board

20. March 2018 Press Releases Robert Wethmar new Chairman of the Supervisory Board Bremerhaven[...] of the Supervisory Board since 2012, will be the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bremen-based space[...] to nominate Bremen-based businessman and chairman of the Federal Association of...

OHB italia, on behalf of the italian space agency, and ARIANESPACE sign contract to launch PRISMA italian satellite

characteristics of a scene, coupled with the ability to determine the chemical and physical characteristics[...] to sign the PRISMA launch contract as it secures the completion of this challenging flagship project

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

and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge about space[...] . In episode 2, Charlotte Bewick talks interplanetery travel routes and explains why the direct route[...] more challenging because the planet is closer to the sun. But I think it would...

Together against space debris - OHB signs Zero Debris Charter

Short Notice Together against space debris - OHB signs Zero Debris Charter Berlin/Bremen, 6 June[...] of this initiative, the so-called "Zero Debris Charter" was developed in collaboration with stakeholders[...] . The charter was signed by ESA and twelve European countries – including Germany – at...

Dusty business: Why lunar dust poses a special challenge

, but sharp-edged and electrostatically charged. This was also the experience of the Apollo astronauts who[...] radiation charges the particles electrostatically, causing them to adhere particularly firmly to surfaces[...] after a very short time. In addition, the dust adheres to all surfaces due...

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

in addition to single bonds. Among other things, this characteristic is important for the DNA, which carries[...] routes - Part 3 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick Space pioneers[...] Carsten Borowy and Charlotte Bewick share their knowledge about space. In...

OHB participates in latest funding round for constellr

to work towards its goal of ensuring global food security despite the challenges posed by the effects of climate[...] change and the ever-growing world population. To this end, the company plans to launch a constellation[...] and defining additional potential applications for the data obtained....

OHB Sweden signs contracts with Thales Alenia Space for propulsion subsystems on CHIME and ROSE-L

and natural and anthropogenic hazard characterisation. The mission will also contribute to the operational[...] OHB System is responsible for the instrument and OHB Sweden is in charge of the propulsion subsystem[...] Sentinels, which are developed by ESA, feed into the Copernicus Services, which...

Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains

Whistleblower system Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains Act on Corporate Due Diligence[...] Obligations in Supply Chains   With the introduction of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act[...] (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz - LkSG), the legislator has created a...

OHB’s first hyperspectral satellite preparing for launch into space

the advantages of conventional earth observation by recognizing the geometric characteristics of a landscape[...] with a hyperspectral optical sensor and collecting data for monitoring and predicting environmental changes on our[...] the panchromatic channel). This will enable scientists to...

OHB System AG coordinates ESA project AgriCEM

characteristics of vegetation, and the land surface temperature. The results will then be used to derive[...] of climate change. This poses new challenges for agriculture. Prolonged droughts and storms associated[...] data that can help mitigate the consequences of climate change. For...

OHB awarded ESA contract for the development of a 3D printer prototype for the ISS

, Ambient Pressure Thermal Cycling Chamber, and Thermal Characterization unit. About Athlone Institute[...] characterisation and testing suite, in addition to a dedicated polymer part and tooling design function. Printed[...] and R&D. Sonaca Space GmbH (SSG) now has 600-m² premises in Berlin with...

A visit to OHB: The partners of the “Older employees and the working world” initiative visiting the OHB Space Center “Optics and Science”

employees and the working world” initiative in 2011 together with the Association of Bavarian Chambers[...] of Skilled Crafts, the Bavarian Association of Chambers of Industry and Commerce, vbw - Vereinigung der[...] Bayerischen Wirtschaft e. V., the German chapter of the Federal Association of...

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

chosen – shall we say? – for their functionalistic character profiles. Today we are seeing a new type[...] has always been characterized by the alternation between idealization and disappointment, as well[...] by the threat of climate change, and the pop-space culture founded by billionaires like...

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

the atmosphere of Venus, which absorbs specific ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, creating a characteristic[...] 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,...

INNOspace Masters: The winners of the OHB Challenge have been announced

04. June 2018 Press Release INNOspace Masters: The winners of the OHB Challenge have been[...] of the OHB Challenge: Mathijs Martens and Gerben Stouten from the OPE Group in the Netherlands[...] Business Incubation Centers in Bavaria and Darmstadt. For the first time: Own challenge of OHB This...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 6: Why framing matters when communicating about geoengineering

about climate change and geoengineering in particular. Why is it difficult to communicate about climate[...] change and geoengineering? Ricarda Nebling: I think you have to separate the two: I think it is easier[...] to communicate about climate change than about geoengineering. Most people have...

OHB establishes geoengineering network

on climate change and geoengineering, the objectives of the consortium also include the exchange and open[...] change exists and poses a threat, efforts to reduce climate-damaging emissions are making only slow[...] consequences of climate change, various technical methods have been proposed in...

Space Encounter: Alexander Gerst, ISS and the benefits of satellite technology

is characterized by more or less full employment and that demographic developments will pose major recruiting[...] . As a company, you have to adapt to this development and find a different approach for addressing this challenge[...] turn to for orientation or who can show them that seemingly...

Destination Venus part 6: Mechanical rover or atmospheric probes? How do you explore one of the most hostile planets in our solar system?

to their limits At the beginning of the twentieth century Venus was still believed to be a planet characterized[...] 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, C...