PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars

Alenia Space UK will be integrating and testing the satellite platform. The other core team partner, RUAG[...] 26. April 2018 Press Release PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars: OHB System AG to negotiate[...] the implementation of ESA scientific research mission PLATO OHB was ESA’s prime choice in...

OHB and ESA seal PLATO scientific mission

will be integrating and testing the satellite platform. RUAG Space was today awarded a contract by OHB to design[...] 02. October 2018 Press Release OHB and ESA seal PLATO scientific mission Contract signed by ESA[...] SE, the industrial principal contractor for PLATO (Planetary Transits and...

OHB System AG proposal for PLATO project selected by ESA

25. April 2018 Ad hoc announcements OHB System AG proposal for PLATO project selected by ESA[...] SE (Prime Standand, ISIN DE0005936124) was selected today as prime contractor for the science mission PLATO[...] are expected to start in June. PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars) is...

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

Press Release ESA’s PLATO observatory: OHB System AG readies for integration of 26 cameras[...] Agency’s (ESA) scientific mission PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is coming along[...] to be able to carry out observations undisturbed, PLATO will be placed behind the Earth as...

Bremen PLATO Hall selected by Chamber of Architect for Architecture Day 2021

13. April 2021 Press Release Bremen PLATO Hall selected by Chamber of Architect for Architecture[...] room, OHB has received some great news: The PLATO hall has been selected by the Bremen Chamber[...] of the pandemic, the event may also be held as an online format. “Entering the PLATO hall...

OHB developing its own satellite platform for earth observation missions

by developing its own earth observation platform. The core element of this platform will be the RUAG’s O nboard[...] of the satellite platform, monitoring and managing the satellite payload as well as all other subsystems. RUAG[...] missions Long-term agreement signed with RUAG to pool resources...

Dr. Tim Tecklenburg appointed new Chief Financial Officer of OHB SE

Schmidt Holding AG in Switzerland. Prior to that, he held management positions at RUAG Space in Zurich[...] his doctorate. Dr. Tecklenburg is married and has two children. The handover of responsibilities will take place

Industry-University Education MoU – Press release material

of Eurospace: Airbus Defence & Space, Arianegroup, Avio, OHB, RUAG Space, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space[...]   between their educational path and their entry into the professional world. This is intended to take place

New type of propulsion system for SmallGEO “Electra” variant

elements required for the tri-axial mechanism are being provided by RUAG Austria. European partnerships[...] of the SmallGEO geostationary satellite platform: OHB Sweden (a subsidiary of OHB SE, Prime Standard, ISIN[...] geostationary satellite platform in the 3-ton class. Customers can select a...

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

team that delivers the subsystems for the carrier and comprises proven partners  RUAG Switzerland[...] Platform Mission” (RSP), OHB’s carrier module will be transporting a descent module, containing a landing[...] platform and a European rover to Mars in July 2020. As a member of the core team of...

Management Board

to that, he held management positions at RUAG Space in Zurich and Rheinmetall Defence Electronics in Bremen

Management Board

to that, he held management positions at RUAG Space in Zurich and Rheinmetall Defence Electronics in Bremen

Milestones

satellite platform developed by OHB System within the ARTES 11 program. As the home to satellite operator[...] SES Astra, Luxembourg had a keen interest in this platform. In 2007, Munich-based Kayser-Threde (now OHB[...] Hispasat, OHB built the first geostationary satellite on the basis of its...

ESA Supplier Performance Award for OHB System AG

for outstanding performance as Prime Contractor for the PLATO mission Bremen, 20 November 2025 – The European[...] recognizes OHB’s outstanding work as Prime Contractor for the scientific mission PLATO (PLAnetary Transits[...] and budget – despite the challenges involved in developing a mission...

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

05. December 2019 Press Release Basic research in space Getting to the bottom of complex plasmas[...] 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 has been on...

Exploration of the Universe Part 4 - Does it rain diamonds on the ice giants?

Uranus and Neptune are the outermost planets in our solar system. © NASA/JPL-Caltech Exploration[...] giants? On our journey through the solar system, we have long since left the terrestrial planets behind[...] to be a planet in 2006, only two planets remain that we have not yet seen: the ice...

OHB holding topping-out ceremony for its largest integration hall

of the PLATO hall. © OHB Bremen, November 8, 2019. The OHB family of companies today celebrated the completion[...] of the outer shell of the new PLATO hall at Lise-Meitner-Strasse 8 with a “topping-out ceremony”. With a floor[...] wreath on top of the building. The new building complex is to be...

Exploration of the Universe Part 3 - Is it possible to land on the gas giants in our solar system?

Before the first telescopes were invented, Jupiter and Saturn were the only known planets[...] and Saturn Is it possible to land on the gas giants? Up to now we have concentrated on the inner planets[...] during our expedition through the solar system. These are also referred to as Earth-like pla...

Mission accomplished: OHB placing the largest clean room in operation

of construction, the PLATO hall has now been officially completed at space company OHB’s headquarters in Bremen[...] in the PLATO hall. Work will also be continued on the Heinrich Hertz communication satellite project[...] . The new building complex is called PLATO, a symbolic act that marks the...

Anniversary at 36,000 km altitude

the European Space Agency (ESA) and HISPASAT, and was the first flight opportunity of the SmallGEO platform[...] flight of the SmallGEO platform developed by OHB in ESA's ARTES programme and the culmination of ESA's[...] , as the design of the satellite platform we developed was once again...

OHB subsidiary LuxSpace and Universität der Bundeswehr München sign contract for SeRANIS mission with Triton-X platform

contract for SeRANIS mission Mission is based on Triton-X platform Betzdorf, 25. Oktober 2022. LuxSpace[...] multifunctional experimental laboratory in orbit and will use the LuxSpace built Triton-X heavy platform which[...] enables the integration of all SeRANIS experimental payloads on one plat...

SmallGEO: Europe’s new geostationary satellite platform made in Germany

07. February 2018 Press Releases SmallGEO: Europe’s new geostationary satellite platform made[...] in Germany Versatile platform for 3-ton-class satellites in a geostationary orbit First SmallGEO satellite[...] geostationary satellite platform. “The SmallGEO platform has restored system...

Sign of respect

) at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new PLATO hall at OHB's headquarters in Bremen. © OHB Bremen[...] Schlichtmann, from architectural office Kaars Schlichtmann Planungsgesellschaft in Bremen. PLATO the name sake[...] The new building complex is to be called PLATO , this also being also...

Space Encounter: Space missions are a question of existence for humanity

on science missions. Are there exoplanets in the universe Take ESA’s “ Plato ” project, for example. The aim[...] that move around their sun in what is known as a “habitable zone”. Plato will significantly improve[...] of such planets, most of which are hundreds or even thousands of light years...

A mission to Venus will help us to better understand the Earth

that have been discovered in recent years. Through new missions, such as PLATO, we will be able to discover[...] changes in the intensity of the incident solar radiation or the effects of volcanism and plate tectonics[...] you ever heard of Boca Chica? Nor have I, as this place on the Gulf of...