Satellites

Satellite Technology With its steady, primarily organic growth and technological leadership, OHB has made a name for itself in the space community and particularly also in the European satellite market. The fact that Europe has discovered and entered the growth market for small geostationary...

Exploration

Exploration & Science As part of various projects, OHB is closely involved in space research both as a supplier and as a prime contractor. This area comprises planetary science, fundamental physics and astrophysics as well as missions for the exploitation of extraterrestrial resources. In addition,...

Human Spaceflight

Human Spaceflight Human space flight has a long tradition at OHB. OHB experts in Bremen alone contributed to 6 Shuttle/Spacelab missions, to two MIR missions and to the EURECA mission with development and operational tasks. The company is also significantly involved in what is currently the largest...

Security and Reconnaissance

Security and Reconnaissance Reconnaissance satellites and broadband radio transmission of image data form the core of the security and reconnaissance activities. OHB is successfully harnessing the experience and skills that it has gained in over 25 years of business in the security and...

Small but powerful: Microsatellite ESAIL gets ready for launch

ESAIL will track ship movements over the entire globe as it orbits the planet. © ESA 05. July 2019 Small but powerful: Microsatellite ESAIL gets ready for launch In an interview, ESAIL Project Manager Miguel Ordoñez Labrador from OHB subsidiary LuxSpace talks about the challenges of the project and...

The Twenties will be a decade of increased human activity in space

© OHB Space Encounter 06. January 2020 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space The Twenties will be a decade of increased human activity in space humankind will have been able to find traces of extraterrestrial life January 6, 2020. In the past few weeks you have without a doubt...

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

High pressure and extreme heat: The conditions on the surface of Venus are challenging. © ESA / J. Whatmore #DestinationVenus Exploration 08. January 2020 We could be ready in five to seven years Dr. Rolf Janovsky, head of pre-development at OHB and an expert in space systems studies, considers a...

We.OHB. Part 9: A motivator of junior staff with a soft spot for black holes

We.OHB 16. January 2020 We.OHB. part 9 with Dr Kenneth Schmitz, System Engineer  A motivator of junior staff with a soft spot for black holes     Leveraging the complexity of the laws of physics and chemistry not only helps us to explain the existence of black holes but also provides a broad basis...

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

Humans on Mars. Futurologist Matthias Horx assumes that several decades will pass before this dream becomes reality. © NASA / JPL-Caltech New Space 17. January 2020 "Realistic is everything we can conceive of" Futurologist Matthias Horx on the new space boom and the future of space 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 us with information about our Earth Prof. Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, CEO of the German Aerospace center, is...