Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is Germany's national research center for aerospace, energy, and transportation. Acting as the German space agency, DLR is responsible for planning and implementing the German space program on behalf of the federal government. DLR's activities include a wide range of space research, development of space technologies, and operation of research facilities, and it partners with organizations like ESA and various German federal ministries. Key areas of focus include Earth observation, planetary research, human spaceflight, and the development of reusable launch systems.
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The last hot firing test of the Ariane 6 upper stage was completed successfully on April 12, 2023 at the German Aerospace Center DLR P5.2 test stand in Lampoldshausen.
The MOONRISE project is funded by the German Space Agency at DLR with funds from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action totaling 4,750,000 EUR.
Customers of the TEXUS program include the European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) working with research institutes and universities around the world.
Exolaunch was awarded a governmental contract under the Small Satellite Initiative run by the German Space Agency at DLR on behalf of the German Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK).
Exolaunch will provide training sessions for the German Space Agency at DLR with a focus on the procurement of launch opportunities for small satellites.
The German aerospace center DLR collected over 90 hours of valuable data from a radiation detector aboard Peregrine.
GomSpace signed a contract with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the first phase of a project to develop a 16U cubesat.
The hot-fire test (HFT-4) on 7 December was conducted at the German Aerospace Center in Lampoldshausen, Germany.
Vyoma received two awards at the DLR smallsat competitions held on 2023-11-23: one from the Microlauncher Competition and one from the Small Satellite Competition.
The hot-firing test of the upper stage (HFT4) is planned at the German Aerospace Center's Lampoldshausen test center.
SPACEMAST from DLR Braunschweig is a deployable SpaceMast Camera Mast mounted to the Redshift OTV of RFA ONE that can deploy a 7 m composite mast with a camera at its tip.
After its victory in the DLR Microlauncher competition in April 2022, RFA was awarded prize money of 11,000,000 EUR.
Walther Pelzer is the director general of the German Space Agency at DLR.
Rocket Factory Augsburg won the DLR Microlauncher competition organized by the German Space Agency in April 2022 and was awarded €11 million in prize money.
SpaceMast (DLR Braunschweig, Germany) is a deployable camera mast mounted to the Redshift OTV of RFA ONE that deploys a 7 m composite mast with a camera to full or intermediate lengths and can be retracted for OTV transfer maneuvers.
A last hot-fire test of the Ariane 6 upper stage is planned for December 2023 at the Lampoldshausen test center operated by Germany’s DLR aerospace agency.
Walther Pelzer, director-general of the German Space Agency at DLR, supports retaining georeturn while developing smarter georeturn methods.
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) will take over leadership of the International Charter in April 2024.
Walther Pelzer, Director General of the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), signed the Artemis Accords at the German Ambassador’s Residence in Washington.
The full Ariane 6 upper stage including the Vinci engine and a smaller Auxiliary Power Unit was tested on a purpose-built test bench at the German Aerospace Center DLR’s engine test center in Lampoldshausen, Germany.