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OHB Italia as one of the main player on ISRU project in Luxembourg with ESA

OHB Italia is deeply involved on the ISRU (In Situ Resources Utilization) project to develop the utilization of lunar resources directly on-site. A reactor is under construction by OHB Italia premises to transform regolyth (lunar sand) in oxygen. OHB Italia was hence one of the main players in Luxembourg during…...

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OHB team awarded ESA study for resource utilization on the Moon

OHB Italia has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the definition of the payload for the Lunar ISRU Demonstration Mission (ISRU DM), expected to be flown in 2025. The mission is part of ESA’s European Exploration Envelope Programme (E3P). The purpose of the mission is…...

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EUCLID mission: contract signed for the realization of two scientific instruments

OHB Italia was awarded a contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the realization of two scientific instruments, the VIS (visual Imager) and NISP (near-infrared spectrometrer and photometer) instruments for the phase D of the Euclid mission. Euclid is an ESA medium class astronomy and astrophysics space mission. It was selected…...

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Prime Contractorship for OHB Italia in the frame of ESA BIOMASS Programme

In the last weeks of 2017, OHB Italia signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the procurement of the BIOMASS structure platform. The BIOMASS satellite, due for launch in 2021, belongs to the 7th of ESA Earth Exploration missions and will provide essential information on carbon storage in global…...

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