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

to conduct a study on geoengineering? Tomas Hamann: In February 2019, OHB hosted an in-house innovation forum[...] of work to further elaborate the concept. What did this further elaboration of the idea look like? We conducted[...] has changed the Earth and will continue to do so in the future...

Space Encounter: We are running out of time

warming is progressing at an alarming rate. That is why I have commissioned an OHB team to conduct a study[...] and considered in detail in the usual annual reviews. I am sure that 12 October will also appear in these reviews[...] Station ISS. The construction of the ISS also brought together...

Milestones

business professional, she was full of energy. After initially considering the possibility of opening[...] in weightless conditions. © OHB OHB contributed 14 research units to the German-Russian MIR 92 mission. © NASA[...] viable, he was convinced of precisely the opposite. His ideas and vision...

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

in the number of known asteroids. Since the 1990s, the search for asteroids has been conducted using automated[...] into play. It will arrive at the Didymos system in 2026 and conduct a detailed investigation of the impact[...] to its own instruments, which will detach from the probe after...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 4: How TU Delft contributes to the geoengineering consortium established by OHB

mission design or any engineering project goes through, but in a very condensed way. It's a very unique[...] concepts for space-based geoengineering. Geoengineering Future 27. May 2021 "To decide whether[...] students and supervises two student projects contributing to the geoengineering consorti...

Space Encounter: Germany demonstrates claim to technology leadership

has made a convincing commitment to the importance of space at the just concluded Ministerial Conference[...] and missions over the next three years. Germany contributes the largest share to the ESA budget As the owner[...] is contributing the largest share of the ESA budget, EUR 4 billion, as it...

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

Concept drawing of a solar sail in space. To influence the climate, countless very similar-looking[...] . At the beginning of 2021, a consortium was formed with various research groups to examine the topic from different[...] angles. At the end of the year, project manager Tomas Hamann looks back...

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

with exploring what a next generation of Galileo satellites might look like. Parallel studies were conducted[...] system, the sensors, the signals. All basic functions need to work normally. These tests are conducted[...] someone on hand who is able to act quickly should something go wrong with...

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[...] significantly more from the Corona consequences than others. And that is why, at the end of the year[...] the crisis comparatively well - both in terms of the consequences for our...

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

speech at the start of the World Climate Conference in Egypt that I wholeheartedly agree[...] mentioned the consequences of climate change on a side note rather than loudly denouncing them. And now[...] . The fact that the 2022 World Climate Conference ends when the triennial ESA Ministerial Confe...