18.10.2021 – Institutional visit yesterday at #OHBItalia of the Italian Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition Mr. Vittorio Colao and his Chief of Staff Mr. Stefano Firpo. The #spaceindustry has a long heritage in our country and OHB Italia, with its 40 years of activity, is an essential and…...
PRISMA AND THE EYE OF SAHARA
The #PRISMA Satellite is surprising us every time thanks to its hyperspectral view. The image below of the Richat structure, also known as the EYE OF SAHARA or Guelb El Richat, was taken on 10th May 2021 by the PRISMA satellite, developed by #OHBItalia for #ASI – Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. The peculiar structure stretches across a 40…...
FULL CONCEPT ANIMATION OF THE GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE
The Giant Magellan Telescope ( #GMT), located at Las Campanas Observatory in the Chilean Atacama Desert, is one of the world’s largest #telescope and it will offer images ten times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. GMT is composed on seven primary mirrors, each 8.4 meters in diameter, to form…...
Giant Magellan Telescope: new contract for protecting the world’s largest mirrors
Bremen/Milan, October 4, 2021. OHB Italia signed with OHB Digital Connect, both subsidiaries of the of the space group OHB SE, a contract for the development of a cover system for seven of the world’s largest mirrors on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The complex mechanical covers are critical for…...
