Green light for the German 'Heinrich Hertz' satellite communications mission - DLR and OHB System AG sign an agreement to construct, test and launch the satellite

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Green light for the German 'Heinrich Hertz' satellite communications mission - DLR and OHB System AG sign an agreement to construct, test and launch the satellite


The German 'Heinrich Hertz' satellite communications mission has now reached its final phase: on 28 June 2017, Gerd Gruppe, member of the DLR Executive Board for the Space Administration at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt; DLR), and Marco Fuchs, the Chief Executive Officer of the company OHB System AG, signed a contract to manufacture, test and launch the German satellite. "When the 'Heinrich Hertz' mission is launched in 2021, it will pave the way for securing the future of satellite communications," Gruppe said. "In this age of digitalisation and big data, it is imperative that larger and larger volumes of data can be transported more quickly and reliably. This makes way for new technologies, such as those that will be tested in space as part of the 'Heinrich Hertz' mission. This mission will allow Germany to demonstrate its key competencies in payload and platform technologies for geostationary satellites at an international level, and enable it to safeguard its system competency within this field."



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