The images shown on this page are elaborations of the visible and infrared bands from an acquisition over #Greenland by the PRISMA satellite, developed from OHB Italia S.p.A. for Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, successfully launched in March 2019. The area acquired by the hyperspectral #satellite is located in the northwest…...
OHB ITALIA: #MANUFACTURING SKILLS AND #FACILITES CAPACITY
The manufacturing skills of OHB Italia have grown a lot in #40years of space activities and they are now including #capabilities on Satellites, New Space, Ground Telescopes, Electronic Equipment, Mechanisms and Electro Mechanisms, Detectors, Instruments & Payloads. For the development of a space company it is essential to rely on…...
PRISMA IS MONITORING THE DESERTIFICATION OF THE ARAL SEA
The composition below is obtained by processing a PRISMA image over the Aral Sea area. PRISMA is the first European Satellite with an hyperspectral instrument and panchromatic camera on board, developed for the Italian Space Agency (ASI) by a consortium with OHB Italia S.p.A. as Prime Contractor. The panel shows…...
AMS-02 ON ISS REVEALS NEW PROPERTIES ON COSMIC RAY FLOWS
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) successfully operating outside the International Space Station (ISS) since May 2011, is a detector of antimatter and dark matter as well as cosmic rays deployed to better understand the universe and its creation. OHB Italia, together with ASI and INFN, gave a strong support to…...
