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...

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...

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...

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...

Destination Venus part 3: Was Venus a twin of Earth millions of years ago?

subducting plate tectonics, which give Earth its carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle and keep the atmospheric[...] pressure in balance, shut down. You end up in a stagnant or single-plate mode as we call[...] that makes Venus the hostile planet it is today. © NASA / SDO #DestinationVenus Exploration...

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

Venus and Earth are sister planets that formed about 4.6 billion years ago. © NASA[...] #DestinationVenus Exploration 23. January 2020 Our sister planet and each phase of its development provide[...] though the expectation to find life on the planet is unrealistic from her perspective. Dr....

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

Up to now, Mars has been the planet that has been most thouroughly searched for extraterrestrial[...] of the compound in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet is considered an indication of the existence of life[...] into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search for traces of life....

Is there life on Mars?

the Red Planet. Dr. Andreas Winkler, Head of Exploration, Science and Human Spaceflight at OHB, describes[...] ? Of all the planets of our solar system, Mars resembles the earth the most not least of all because[...] . At the same time, it is the most accessible planet for us. Mars has always...

Satellites

platforms and the satellite level integration and test. SSTL will supply the satellite payloads[...] geostationary platform (SmallGEO) for communications applications is being developed under OHB's lead management[...] platform in the 3-ton class. Customers can select a classic, hybrid or...

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

Last month, Venus received two visits from Earth: Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo used the planet[...] to Venus: Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo used the planet's gravity to lose a little orbital energy[...] is travelling to the innermost planet Mercury and Solar Orbiter is on its way to study the...

Space Encounter: Bremen consolidating its “City of Space” reputation as the host of the IAC 2018

imagination about what still remains to be discovered out there in the vast expanses of space. The PLATO[...] it will be able to photograph them, something that has previously not been possible. However, PLATO will only[...] abstract idea, which is why PLATO is also a scientific mission; but it...

#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[...] . His scientific interests include both the multiscale structure of the universe and the modelling of planetary[...] history of the planet and also an idea of how much water the planet had,...

SmallGEO – A multi-purpose geostationary satellite platform

07. February 2018 Press Releases SmallGEO – A multi-purpose geostationary satellite platform[...] The new brochure “ SmallGEO – A multi-purpose geostationary satellite platform (click here to open[...] …) ” by OHB System AG provides information on the versatile SmallGEO platform for geostationary...

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

9, 2005. The data collected by the probe in the atmophere of the planet between 2006 and 2014 contributed[...] of a fate that Earth may also face in the future, namely extreme drought. So, both planets are worth[...] more challenging because the planet is closer to the sun. But I think it would...

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

forecasts for Europe in geostationary orbit, with OHB technology playing a key role. The satellite platform[...] responsibility for all six satellite platforms, two IRS (infrared sounding) instruments for both Sounder[...] will the other launches take place? Currently, the launch of the first...

Return to the Moon: First Apollo, now Artemis

in the project via a subsidiary: the Propulsion Qualification Model (PQM), the test platform for the ESM’s[...] for missions to the Moon surface but also to Mars and other more distant targets. It is a platform[...] , Vice President Mike Pence announced plans by the U.S. administration for...

MT Mechatronics and Max Planck Institute to collaborate on the large-scale radio telescope project SKA

07. February 2018 Press Releases MT Mechatronics and Max Planck Institute to collaborate[...] ) and Bonn's Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) today signed an agreement to build a prototype[...] for Square Kilometre Array. The plan is to build the world's largest and most powerful...

Destination Venus part 4: What could a mission to Venus look like?

around Venus on April 11, 2006, studying the planet’s atmosphere until the end of November 2014[...] of the mission. For some studies, taking measures from an orbit around the planet would be perfectly adequate[...] , while for others data would need to be collected in the planet’s atmosphere or...

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

of the universe. What role does MT Mechatronics play with these telescopes? As a part of MT Aerospace[...] being tested in the South African desert. Why are the telescopes located in such remote places? The telescopes[...] up an interference-free zone for the planned SKA observatory. The...

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

Exploration 06. May 2020 How do you explore one of the most hostile places in the solar system? Weather[...] to their limits At the beginning of the twentieth century Venus was still believed to be a planet characterized[...] soft landing on a foreign planet, it failed after just over twenty...

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[...] that life exists or has existed in other places in the universe? What's more, since we now know of many[...] thousands of Earth-like planets orbiting a sun in the so-called...

OHB facilitating astronomical research

, PLATO). Space probes A further core competence of the OHB Group comprises the development of missions[...] responsible for the design of the optical instruments for Hera and PLATO, but also manages the development[...] and the radiation environment of space. The celestial bodies include...

Space Encounter: A spaceport in the North Sea would catapult Germany into the future as a location of the aerospace industry

to a floating launch platform in the North Sea, but when I mention this aspect I am in fact thinking about[...] of the proposed platform, but which has also very quickly recognised the development potential. Of course[...] , to make use of the spaceport being created there on the island of Andøya....