OHB italia, on behalf of the italian space agency, and ARIANESPACE sign contract to launch PRISMA italian satellite

space industry through this Earth observation mission that will provide major applications to protect[...] Agency ASI. PRISMA is an Earth observation satellite fitted with an innovative electro-optical instrument[...] Missione Applicativa) satellite. The launch will be carried out by a Vega...

We.OHB. Part 6 with Jean Lorenz, Team Leader E-AIT: Wanted! Front fighters for space projects

are the classic requirements for working on space missions. Yet, as the old saying goes, exceptions prove the rule[...] for our efforts to embark on missions to the moon and Mars in the future. At an altitude of some 400[...] , as we naturally want and indeed have to observe the customer’s time...

2019

for a feasibility study concerning the implementation of a radar-based Earth observation mission[...] from a geosynchronous orbit. By observing hydrological cycles over Africa and Europe, the Hydroterra mission will allow[...] Earth observation from geosynchronous orbit OHB System AG has been...

Belgium and LaRa on their way to Mars

of the mission ExoMars © ESA Brussels / Antwerp, May 14, 2018. The planetary scientists at the Royal Observatory[...] , enabling scientists at the Royal Observatory to study the rotation of Mars as well as its internal[...] /LaraExoMars About the Royal Observatory of Belgium: The Royal Observatory...

OHB Sweden signs contracts with Thales Alenia Space for propulsion subsystems on CHIME and ROSE-L

The ROSE-L (Radar Observing System for Europe - L-Band) mission will be equipped with an L-band synthetic[...] subsystems on CHIME and ROSE-L OHB Sweden continues its successful path of building ESA mission propulsion[...] for the two ESA/EU Copernicus missions CHIME and ROSE-L. Continuing the...

OHB and ESA sign contract for Copernicus atmospheric CO2 monitoring mission

for the realisation of the CO2M Earth observation mission. The mission is part of the European Copernicus program[...] European space programme alongside Galileo and provides an independent Earth observation infrastructure[...] mission New environmental satellites are to measure carbon dioxide...

Space Encounter: Alexander Gerst, ISS and the benefits of satellite technology

in recent years, while scientific space exploration missions have also received greater attention. All[...] for an autograph from “Astro-Alex”. The hall was completely full. We were able to observe a similar phenomenon last[...] more accessible to the general public. Satellites from OHB, for...

"Spaceflight in Europe has always been different from spaceflight in America"

, communication and Earth observation are absolutely necessary. But the thing that has always excited people[...] completing the project, Koenigsmann went to the USA, where he worked as Vice President of Mission Assurance[...] benefit of spaceflight? Spaceflight allows humans to move away from Ear...

ESA commissions OHB with study on HERA asteroid mission

in the area of protecting Earth from space threats. The aim of the HERA study is to perform detailed mission[...] Scheper, head of OHB's Space Transport, Robotic Missions and Exploration departments. "Only[...] in Sicily in 2019 for the sole purpose of tracking down and observing so-called "Near ...

OHB team awarded ESA study for resource utilization on the Moon

. These include small and mid-sized satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunication, science[...] engagement Related ITT's (invitation to tender) by ESA are being issued to support the mission preparation[...] of the payload for the Lunar ISRU Demonstration Mission (ISRU DM),...