OHB Italia has signed an important contract with Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33 %), for CIMR - Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer - an Earth Observation programme co-funded by ESA and EU member states in the frame of the ‘High Priority Copernicus Missions’....
OHB Italia and ESA sign the contract for Comet Interceptor mission study By exploring comets, we can get a deeper understanding of the origins of our solar system and possibly the origin of life
OHB Italia, a subsidiary of the space and technology group OHB SE, signed a contract appointing OHB Italia as one of the two prime contractors performing parallel studies of the Comet Interceptor mission, a new fast-class, deep space mission led by the European Space Agency. The mission will visit a…...
Solar Orbiter: Launch to Meet Face-to-Face the Sun with OHB Italia on Board
Solar Orbiter, the new ESA Sun Explorer, developed in collaboration with NASA, will be launched from Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA) on February, 9th (one day slip from original date) at 05.03am (CET). Solar Orbiter will be the first mission to operate in extreme environment up to 500C°, providing images of…...
PRISMA: new launch date planned on March 21st, 2019
The launch of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) mission PRISMA (Hyperspectral Precursor and Application Mission) has been postponed a few days due to further verifications. The new date for the launch of the PRISMA satellite from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana is now targeted to the night…...
Nano-sat EAGLET 1 successfully launched
The EAGLET 1 satellite, the first nano-sat prototype for Earth Observation and maritime surveillance from OHB Italia was successfully launched yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, US, on-board a Falcon 9 launcher in SSO-A mission from SpaceX. EAGLET 1 is a 3U+CubeSat satellite which will be placed in…...
