Space Encounter: The new Cold War in space: Here's how it affects the succession of the ISS

further Galileo navigation satellites) and the provisional end of all cooperation in science, the Russians[...] built up. He has been Chief Executive Officer of OHB SE since 2000 and of OHB System AG since 2011[...] would not remain without drastic consequences for many international projects –...

Space Encounter: Science must foster its role as the fountain of truth

this. Take, for example, the data provided by Earth observation satellites. This is information relating[...] science system. The German Council of Science and Humanities builds bridges between science and politics[...] Federal President at the joint proposal of the federal government and the...

“We want to inspire young people for aerospace jobs at OHB”

visions with small satellites Fredrik Sjöberg and Benoit Mathieu, OHB Sweden’s new management duo, want[...] 21. August 2018 From the self-made satellite to the OHB team There that can be no doubt that it’s never too[...] – and without any major additional initiative on the part of company manage...

Space Encounter: The story of a good idea

is a start-up founded in 2022 that is driving the development of its own satellite constellation with a focus[...] and satellite-based connectivity. So it's primarily about enabling continuous and seamless connectivity. When[...] . In concrete terms, the idea of industrial networking by means of s...

Space Encounter: Europe's security is also defended in space

information via satellite, protected from foreign ears and eyes – even if the lines on the ground were disrupted[...] in Ukraine or attacks on critical infrastructure. The European satellite navigation programme Galileo is also[...] quality data and a deeper understanding of the Earth's...

Destination Venus part 3: Was Venus a twin of Earth millions of years ago?

. There have been mission proposals for a deep dip satellite that would go below about a hundred kilometers[...] . And if we could make the key measurements down there, which the satellite could make in a few minutes, that would[...] the ground on Venus, but I think that there is a misconception...

Space Encounter: Germany demonstrates claim to technology leadership

developing the CO2M programme, a satellite system capable of recording and quantifying carbon dioxide[...] an integral part of the provision of public services. The existing satellite infrastructure ensures[...] primarily through the Secure Connectivity programme, a constellation of satellites...

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

specialists he was looking for on behalf of the space group to work jointly on satellite projects. Jean Lorenz[...] expensive platform Jean Lorenz has ever worked on was the proto flight model of the MTG weather satellite[...] hardware of a satellite. “From the moment the flight hardware arrives...

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

, the Chinese destroyed the satellite in 2007 from the ground, breaking it up into over 40,000 pieces of debris[...] . At the same time, many satellites are located in this area, as it is particularly useful for Earth observation[...] , we advise OHB’s project teams on how certain guidelines can be...

Germany is a global center for superstition

. But it goes without saying that the images from space are very decisive. We have satellite ground stations[...] satellites, and the ground station for the European Meteosat is in Switzerland where we receive all[...] that the first  satellites of the third generation of the European  weather sat...