Pioneers of space: the new path to space

in navigation systems, more precise weather forecasts or more recent satellite images of the earth[...] . Looking forward, we will be able to use satellites to substantially improve our understanding of the earth[...] missions before reaching the supreme discipline of human space flight. In my...

Space Encounter: Mars is not our rescue ship

with satellite programmes such as the European Earth observation mission Copernicus. The CO2M mission, which OHB[...] preserving our planet. We should use our power to save Earth Because I would like to dispel one myth about[...] , the nastiest Antarctic winter is a wellness programme. I am not...

Space Encounter: Despite the Corona pandemic: 5 reasons why space industry will continue to gain importance in 2021

since 1990. He is currently the Director of Earth Observation Programmes for the Copernicus missions[...] Council Conference. At that time, the ESA states agreed on six more missions of the European Earth[...] of the European navigation system Galileo. The fleet of satellites in the European...

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

observing these asteroids: they are also working on possible models and missions that could prevent serious[...] change were to be carried out by observatories on Earth. Hera as successor to AIM However, at the ESA[...] Asteroid Redirection Test) designed by NASA and the observation probe AIM...

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

is the use of smaller fleets and swarms of satellites for applications such as Earth observation and communications[...] in terms of position and orientation. In follow-up missions, this formation flight will open up new[...] back to Earth. These formation control technologies, which were...

Germany's eyes in space – The SAR-Lupe and SARah satellite reconnaissance systems

operational today even after the mission duration contractually agreed in 2001 and are being operated by OHB[...] different flight manoeuvres depending on the mission scenario: in strip-map mode, the satellites capture[...] a special role in this context, as images can be taken from space from...

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

. In an interview, he explains why crewed exploration missions need a strong motive and why this means that humanity[...] that the first landing will be on one of these two dates. But again, a crewed mission like this must be driven[...] . This is a consequence of the overview effect. This year,...

Space Encounter: Bezos' audacious ride into space will give new impetus to useful space technology

, when historic things have happened. I welcome missions like Bezos' and also Branson's flights because[...] of the three large Venus missions recently announced by NASA and ESA. Read more Exploration 21. October 2022[...] on Earth near the launch site in West Texas. The reusable rocket landed...

Is there life on Mars?

2019 A mission to Venus will help us to better understand the Earth Marco Fuchs, CEO of OHB[...] on Earth. Jan Wörner, ESA Director General, is convinced that further missions to Venus would also have[...] to seven years" Missions to Venus are extremely challenging. Dr. Rolf Janovsky, head of pre

"It will make a significant difference for Germany as a business location whether we have a launch site or not"

undreamt-of new opportunities for Earth observation and for environmental and climate protection[...] the benefits are much more visible. For a long time, space missions were extremely expensive and a rather[...] Congress last October. In an interview with OHB's Head of Corporate Communications...