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...