From September 25th to 29th, 2017, OHB Italia is participating to the IAC (International Astronautical Congress), at Adelaide in Australia. This event takes place one time of the year and gathers all space actors. Global, multidisciplinary and covering all space sectors and topics, it offers the latest space information, developments but…...
Successful launch of OPTSAT-3000 satellite
On August 1st, at 10.58 pm local time in French Guiana, the Earth Observation satellite OPTSAT-3000 was launched on board the VEGA flight VV10 from Kourou, French Guiana. OPTSAT-3000 is an Earth observation program for the Italian Ministry of Defence. It comprises a high-resolution optical satellite and a ground segment…...
Mission successfully completed for LISA Pathfinder
On July 18th, 2017, LISA Pathfinder’s mission has come to completion, successfully demonstrating ESA key technologies to look at gravitational waves and showing the possibility of a new approach for astronomy. Launched on December 3rd 2015, LISA Pathfinder, a mission of the European Space Agency, involving European space companies and research…...
Signature of the launch contract for PRISMA Satellite
OHB Italia Spa and Arianespace announced the signature of the launch contract for the Italian Space Agency’s PRISMA (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa) satellite. The launch will be carried out by a Vega rocket in 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, within the scope of a contract signed by OHB…...
