On 10th April 2020 at 6.25a.m. (CEST), the BepiColombo spacecraft (launched on 20th October 2018 from Kourou in French Guyana) will approach the Earth at the distance of only 12,700 km. It will then swing-by the Earth and get a pull towards the inner Solar System, followed by a Venus…...
OHB ITALIA as Key Player for Fondoimpresa on IlSole24Ore.com
Fondoimpresa (Interprofessional Fund of Confindustria and Cgil, Cisl, Uil for life-long and continuing education) selected OHB Italia as one of the best practices in the field of innovation and internal training investment. OHB Italia – as reported on the website ‘Ilsole24ore.com’- was able to maintain a leading position in the…...
Bilateral meeting Italy – Luxembourg on Space with OHB Italia and NAOS Satellite as main performer
Italian Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, On. Fraccaro met today in Rome the Economy Minister of Luxembourg Mr. Fayot to discuss about space activities, technological innovation and security. During the institutional discussion was underlined the important role of OHB Italia in the relationship between the two…...
Solar Orbiter is on its way and METIS was successfully switched on. Proud moment for OHB Italia
On 28th February at 04.16pm, from Darmstadt in Germany (the ESA Control Center), the multi-wavelength coronagraph METIS developed by OHB Italia was successfully switched on. Everything was fine and the instrument that will observe for the first time in human history the structure and the dynamics of the full corona, took…...


