MT Aerospace AG commissioned to deliver Tank Systems for European Mars-Mission ERO

20. May 2021 Press Release MT Aerospace AG commissioned to deliver Tank Systems for European Mars[...] by supplying tank systems for the "Earth Return Orbiter" (ERO), the most prominent European component[...] , manufacture and qualify the tank systems of the European spacecraft that will receive...

MT Aerospace AG sets CFRP milestone

23. June 2021 Press Release MT Aerospace AG sets CFRP milestone Hydrogen tank for rocket[...] for a future European launcher: at the beginning of June 2021, it had its prototype high-performance tank[...] Programme (FLPP). The CFRP tank has proven its structural load-bearing capacity and...

MT Aerospace and ArianeGroup sign prototype development contract for optimized Ariane 6 upper stage

fiber reinforced plastic) are in demand for the commissioned development of the propellant tanks[...] it possible to largely dispense with metallic components of the upper stage tanks and structures. This saves[...] tanks for liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) will be manufactured in...

MT Aerospace signs 35 million euro contract with ArianeGroup for the development of the PHOEBUS technology demonstrator

components of the upper stage tanks and structures. This reduces mass, increases the payload capacity[...] upper stage in the form of tanks and structures. PHOEBUS project benefits from expertise in space tank[...] and construction of cryogenic tanks and associated carbon fiber structures. The...

MT Aerospace ships the first tank for Ariane 6 to ArianeGroup in Bremen

24. April 2018 Press Releases MT Aerospace ships the first tank for Ariane 6 to ArianeGroup[...] in Bremen Augsburg/Bremen, April 4, 2018 With the hydrogen tank MT Aerospace has delivered the first[...] , the tank floors and cylinder panels were assembled by MT Aerospace in Bremen to form a...

MT Aerospace awarded contract for the development of tank and structural components for the new Ariane 6 launcher

08. February 2018 Press Releases MT Aerospace awarded contract for the development of tank[...] ), has signed a contract with Airbus Safran Launchers for the development of key tank and structural components[...] aerostructures, which include the large propellant tanks and key metallic structural...

NASA Space Launch System: MT Aerospace awarded further contracts by Boeing

developing and fabricating large aluminum segments for the propellant tanks fitted to the SLS main stage[...] since mid- 2013. With a diameter of 8.4 meters and a length of some 65 meters, these tanks hold almost[...] 900 tons of liquid hydrogen and oxygen and are 30% larger than the external tan...

Back to the Moon – with tank components from MT Aerospace AG: NASA's heavy-lift rocket SLS launches Artemis 1 mission

29. August 2022 Press Release Back to the Moon – with tank components from MT Aerospace AG NASA's[...] in the SLS programme since 2013 Boeing has ordered tank components made of a special aluminium alloy from MT Aerospace[...] oxygen tank and the two dome caps that close off the 2 million-litre...

Boeing and MT Aerospace extend transatlantic partnership in space exploration

mission with tank structures from Augsburg, it will be a very special moment for us.” Highest quality[...] for each of the two propellant tanks: the 742,000 liter tank for liquid oxygen and the 2 million liter tank[...] onto the tanks. About SLS NASA’s Space Launch System is the most powerful...

Boeing and MT Aerospace expand transatlantic cooperation

MT Aerospace with the dome segments for the cryogenic hydrogen tank of the rocket's upper stage EUS[...] MT Aerospace AG currently produces dome gore panels for the main stage of NASA's SLS. Tank systems represent[...] 3D manufacturing process of the aluminium-lithium alloy dome segments for the...

OHB Sweden: Satellite mission Prisma celebrates its 10th anniversary

Mango and Tango have “danced” together from 2010 to 2014 Photo of Tango by Mango in space. © OHB Sweden[...] contractor for the project. The mission consisted of two satellites, Mango and Tango, launched together[...] and actuator technologies. Mango steered around Tango by means of different...

How exactly is MT Aerospace entering the hydrogen era?

of the cryogenic launcher tank structures. How has MT Aerospace built up its experience in the field of hydrogen[...] and successfully tested a first high-pressure tank for hydrogen with a major car manufacturer. Today[...] MT Aerospace take into account, Mr Schullerer? GS: The actual DNA of MT...

MT Aerospace receives "Space Flight Awareness Award" from NASA and Boeing

and into the depths of space. MT Aerospace provides gore panels, which make up part of the massive propellant tanks[...] for the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks. MT Aerospace also applied their in-depth expertise to discover

Germany's new Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, Dr. Anna Christmann, visits MT Aerospace AG in Augsburg

partner for CFRP components (such as tanks for satellites and aircraft) and in additive manufacturing[...] as well as cryogenic, satellite and aerospace tanks. Bernd Beschorner, Ulrich Scheib and coordinator

New contract award for OHB: European Commission orders a further four Galileo satellites

-based company supplies almost all of the tank and structural components for the new launcher[...] work on completing the upper stage tanks for the Ariane 6 at the MT hall at Bremen airport in the near future

Rocket Factory Augsburg signs agreement with Andøya Space for maiden flight

. The first launch is planned for 2022. RFA has recently qualified the tank system of the upper stage[...] stage tank under cryogenic conditions was successfully completed in early 2020. At the moment, an engine

Rocket Factory Augsburg and CNES work towards launch site implementation in Kourou

the tank system of the upper stage of the launch vehicle in cryogenic tests and is currently preparing hot[...] from scratch and has passed first successful tests in mid 2019. The qualification of the upper stage tank

MT Aerospace AG defining standards for 3D printing in the space sector

manufacturing at MT Aerospace AG. "Large high-performance structures and tanks, the handling of different types[...] processes MT Aerospace AG has been supplying structural components and tanks to the aerospace industry

There’s quite a lot going on up there: space debris is becoming an ever bigger problem

to consider: we will need more fuel and hence larger tanks, nozzles and much more. Do you also know the places[...] with a high melting point such as brackets made of Titanium alloy, propellant tanks and the lenses and mirror

Ariane Rocket Program

10% of the hardware including booster casings and tank domes for the central and upper stages. The company also

Ten Questions for Rocket Factory Augsburg

, including the maiden flight.” Hans Steininger, CEO MT Aerospace AG 6. The fuel tanks are welded by hand[...] . Is that because they have to be good? And: will it stay that way? “The fuel tanks are still welded by hand because

Lunar Gateway: Why the European Refuelling Module is a gamechanger for exploration missions

going to the Moon is still relatively easy to accomplish with a single tank of fuel, interplanetary journeys[...] to transfer xenon from one tank to another without sophisticated technology, but this would take several

AEROSPACE

for the fuel tanks and metallic structural components of the ARIANE 6. In addition, MT Aerospace

Big science and industry join forces to innovate new space technologies

structures, propellant tanks and propulsion systems; lightweight, deployable and inflatable structures[...] parts such as brackets, valves or tank and structures on the one hand, and electronic components

OHB SE offers an outlook on the business development in 2018

the upper stage tanks of the newly to be developed European launcher Ariane 6 are welded. On this occasion