ESA’s new Arctic Weather Satellite has taken center stage at OHB’s facilities in Stockholm, Sweden, before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to California for a launch currently scheduled […]
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The Arctic Weather Satellite completed and heading for testing
Only 36 months were required to develop and build ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS). Now complete, this smallsat has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to Germany where the craft […]
AAC Clyde Space delivers weather payload to OHB Sweden
AAC Omnisys, part of the AAC Clyde Space group, earlier this month delivered a weather sensor payload to OHB Sweden which has now been successfully integrated into their InnoSat platform. […]
ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite progressing toward launch
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Arctic Weather Satellite has passed the Critical Design Review (CDR), a key step to start the manufacturing of the satellite ahead of planned launch in […]
European space and telecoms players form partnership to bid for IRIS² Constellation
A group of European space and telecommunications players have come together to form a partnership to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender related to the future European satellite […]
OHB Sweden selects ENPULSION electric propulsion for the EIS mission
In December of 2022, OHB Sweden and ENPULSION signed a dedicated sales contract for a Horizon2020 IOV/IOD Mission called EIS. After delivering ENPULSION’s propulsion products to previous OHB Sweden’s InnoSat […]
ESA’s Comet Interceptor construction by OHB moves forward
ESA and OHB have signed a contract to move forward with the design and construction of ESA’s ambitious Comet Interceptor spacecraft, planned for launch in 2029. Unlike other missions, Comet […]
EUMETSAT’s MTG-11 + two Intelsat satellites are successfully sent to orbit via an Arianespace Ariane 5 launch vehicle
On Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. local time, an Ariane 5 launcher, operated by Arianespace, successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), carrying […]
Rocket Lab launches the Swedish MATS satellite from New Zealand aboard an Electron rocket
Rocket Lab USA Inc. has successfully launched its 32nd Electron mission to deploy the firm’s 152nd satellite to orbit, a science payload for the Swedish National Space Agency. The MATS […]
SSC will support the Swedish smallsat MATS mission scheduled to launch on November 4th
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) will support the Swedish research satellite MATS through Launch and Early Operations (LEOP) and routine Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) from the firm’s ground stations at […]