ESA, SES and OHB agree on realisation of Electra

06. February 2018 Press Releases ESA, SES and OHB agree on realisation of Electra SES S.A. (NYSE[...] of a new-generation satellite programme which was launched in 2013. Under the Electra programme name, OHB[...] will be developing a fully electric satellite platform to reduce mass and launch...

New type of propulsion system for SmallGEO “Electra” variant

07. February 2018 Press Releases New type of propulsion system for SmallGEO “Electra” variant[...] software for the fully electric version known as “Electra”. “Electra” is based on the SmallGEO program developed[...] propulsion system for the satellite. SmallGEO platform “Electra” with fully elec...

Contract for electro-optical reconnaissance system signed

08. February 2018 Press Releases Contract for electro-optical reconnaissance system signed Bremen[...] SE, has today signed a contract with the customer for the implementation of a global electro-optical satellite[...] a competent technology partner for the Federal Republic of Germany in both...

OHB telecommunications satellite demonstrating full functional capability in orbit

. “With the fully electric configuration of the SmallGEO making its debut in the Electra project, we have laid[...] payload. Electra is being developed and realized by OHB in a PPP project with ESA and Luxembourg satellite[...] of three of its affiliates: OHB Sweden supplied innovative subsystems...

OHB Sweden: Satellite MATS successfully launched

of the Rocket Lab Electron with the MATS satellite. © Rocket Lab Kista, 7. November 2022. OHB Sweden’s satellite[...] into space. On 4th November at 18.27 CET, the Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle took off from Mahia (New[...] Zealand) bringing MATS in its 585 km circular orbit. Approximately...

OHB Communications Satellite for HISPASAT arrived at Launch Site

SmallGEO projects, EDRS-C, Electra and Heinrich Hertz”. OHB developed the versatile geostationary satellite[...] working on the SmallGEO projects EDRS-C, Electra and Heinrich Hertz. © ESA H36W-1 Telecommunications[...] or electrical. Depending on the model, the satellite mass at launch can vary...

OHB SE's annual general meeting approves dividend increase of 25 % / Changes in the company's corporate bodies

on the agenda, Raimund Wulf was elected as a new member of the Supervisory Board, succeeding Prof. Heinz Stoewer[...] . Ingo Kramer was re-elected for a further term of appointment; at the Supervisory Board meeting held[...] immediately after the Annual General Meeting, he was elected Deputy...

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

are charged, i.e. electrically conductive gases. In space, more than 99 percent of all visible matter (stars[...] of ions, electrons, neutral gas and microparticles. The electrostatic interaction of the highly negatively[...] a liquid if the electric field and the gas pressure are modified...

Lift-off: OHB successfully launched a fast-track telecommunication satellite

of the Electron launch with OHB's GMS-T satellite. © Rocket Lab New Zealand, 2021 January 20. OHB Cosmos[...] the telecommunication satellite GMS-T on board an Electron launcher. The satellite took off from Rocket Lab Launch[...] to install the satellite at the target orbit including using E...

OHB now also with a key role in the second ExoMars mission

model, an electronics test stand, the flight model and replacement parts, various items of ground[...]   (supplying the X-band communications system and electronic ground equipment) and  Thales Alenia Space[...] by the electronics test stand at the beginning of 2018. ExoMars: two missions – one...