Into the unknown: How Comet Interceptor will study a comet that has not yet been discovered

? Challenging, but not impossible. With Comet Interceptor, the European Space Agency is planning to map a truly[...] of particular scientific interest but also particularly challenging. What is Comet Interceptor? Timo Rühl: Comet[...] and is commonly referred to as coma. At the same time, however,...

10 questions and answers about Galileo

can change their minds at any time, so independence is important and deactivating the systems cannot[...] regularly picks up a satellite signal, which it can use to calculate your exact position. A return channel[...] to the satellite is not required for this and, indeed, no such channel is...

CO2M

Artistic representation of a CO2M satellite. © OHB How we tackle climate change in the CO2M[...] mission It is one of the most important missions to combat climate change: the Copernicus CO2 Monitoring

“Family-owned companies are islands of stability and anchors for continuity”

public-sector orders, this is something that has never changed. Obviously, this requires employees[...] . This has changed over time. The holding company now handles cross-sectional tasks for the group such as human[...] coming from? Mostly from Europe but also from a broader value chain. To date,...

Space Encounter: Why the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not

, which eject huge amounts of highly charged particles, cause DNA defects that would undoubtedly cause[...] on Mars a long time ago? How would this change our view of ourselves if it were scientifically proven[...] sea. That we derive explanations about certain processes from the findings and...

ARIANE 6 launching facilities: development of mechanical systems fully on schedule

and timing challenges posed by the ambitious ARIANE 6 program,” says Holger Brössel, the responsible program[...] chapter in the tradition and excellence of the two companies in European space business

Space Encounter: All involved parties must make a contribution to mastering the crisis

involved parties must make a contribution to mastering the crisis April 28, 2020. Federal Chancellor Angela[...] tied to an industrial just-in-time supply chain. But let's not fool ourselves: Even the one-eyed among[...] their economies back on track and how quickly the supply chains are back up....

20-meter moonwalk: How the “Lunar Explorers” photographic work of art by Michael Najjar found its way to OHB

. The greatest challenge was to develop a coherent composition despite the varying quality of the archive[...] Moscow – a unique experience that forms the basis for my work. Respect! What was the greatest challenge[...] suit, also constitutes a great physical and mental challenge. Have you...

Space Encounter: Germany demonstrates claim to technology leadership

contributions to the enormous challenges of our time. Space has long since ceased to be a field in which states[...] change and ensures that dependencies are reduced and sovereignty is created. The latter will be achieved[...] the European Space Champion" Read more Marco Fuchs Space Encounter 20....

Satellites

advanced optical specifications.With optimized swing angles in tandem with a 30 km charting width[...] the overall development of the Infrared Sounder instrument, a highly challenging imaging spectrometer[...] measuring channels in the spectral range between 420 and 2,450 nm. An innovative...