Galileo FOC satellites No. five and six developed and built by OHB System AG, called Alba and Oriana, were successfully launched on board a Soyuz rocket, which lifted off from the Kourou space centre in French Guayana today (11.09) at 04:08h CEST. They reached their planned orbit at an altitude of around 23,000 kilometers just … Dowiedz się więcej
The Galileo FOC* satellites No. 5 (Alba) and No. 6 (Oriana) designed and built by OHB System AG for the European Navigation System, Galileo, have arrived safe and sound at the launch site in Kourou (French Guiana). Launch of the two satellites is scheduled for September 10, 2015. OHB System is industrial prime for the … Dowiedz się więcej
The first two Galileo FOC satellites arrived safely in their clean room in Kourou at 20:00 on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in line with a planning established in September 2013. This was reported by Alain Pajonk, the OHB manager responsible for the Galileo launch campaign. Named “Doresa” and “Milena”, the two Galileo FOC satellites arrived … Dowiedz się więcej
The first FOC satellite in the future European navigation system Galileo has mastered the most difficult of all the environmental impact tests with flying colors. Over a period of four weeks, the satellite known as “Doresa” was tested under the most severe space conditions imaginable in the thermal vacuum chamber at European Test Services ETS, … Dowiedz się więcej
OHB System AG and the Space Administration of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) signed an agreement providing for the use of funding from the national space program to finance a study to explore possible uses of the U.S. spacecraft Dream Chaser® developed and owned by U.S. company Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). Named DC4EU (Dream Chaser … Dowiedz się więcej