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German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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The funding for Germany's contribution to PLATO is provided by the German Space Agency at DLR, through grants from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and base funding from DLR and the Max Planck Society.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductJan 31, 2025Europäischer Planetenjäger startet mit einer Ariane 6

Professor Heike Rauer from DLR's Institute of Planetary Research and FU Berlin leads the scientific consortium for the PLATO mission, emphasizing its importance in answering a human question about the existence of life on other planets.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralJan 31, 2025Europäischer Planetenjäger startet mit einer Ariane 6

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) leads the PLATO payload consortium and developed the readout electronics and data processing electronics for two mission-critical cameras.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductJan 31, 2025Europäischer Planetenjäger startet mit einer Ariane 6

The technologies were developed through the international INNOspace-Masters competition organized by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductJan 21, 2025InnoCube testet innovative Ideen im Erdorbit

The DLR team researched how payload boxes, sensors, rovers, and astronauts can connect into a network in the LUNA facility.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductDec 20, 2024Im Schwarm den Mond erkunden

The swarm navigation system developed at the DLR Institute for Communication and Navigation allows exploration of the surfaces of the Moon and Mars.

Mentioned as: DLR Institute for Communication and NavigationOrg RelationshipDec 20, 2024Im Schwarm den Mond erkunden

The LUNA facility simulates conditions on the Moon's surface and was opened in September 2024 at the DLR site in Cologne.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralDec 20, 2024Im Schwarm den Mond erkunden

The DLR research team created a 3D model of the LUNA facility's floor for simulations and data validation.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductDec 20, 2024Im Schwarm den Mond erkunden

The LUNA research center is a joint project of DLR and the European Space Agency (ESA) that prepares astronauts and robots for lunar missions.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductDec 20, 2024Im Schwarm den Mond erkunden

The DLR research team aims to refine the swarm navigation system to support astronauts and robots in lunar exploration and aid terrestrial exploration of challenging terrains.

Mentioned as: the dlrNarrative PlanDec 20, 2024Im Schwarm den Mond erkunden

The constellr–DLR contract requires constellr to supply 30-meter native resolution thermal imagery to researchers working with DLR.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipDec 9, 2024DLR awards multiyear contract to constellr

constellr will provide the German Space Agency’s Earth Observation research community with access to its high-resolution thermal data at 30-meter native resolution.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipDec 9, 2024constellr’s multi-year contract with the German Space Agency to provide Earth Observation research

DLR Earth Observation head Godela Roßner views constellr’s data offering as filling a gap in understanding vegetation growth and heat fluxes and supports partnering with constellr to offer scientists and application developers in Germany opportunities to explore and demonstrate the data’s potential.

Mentioned as: DLROrg RelationshipDec 9, 2024DLR awards multiyear contract to constellr

Constellr signed a multiyear contract on 2024-12-09 with the German Space Agency DLR.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipDec 9, 2024DLR awards multiyear contract to constellr

constellr operates state-of-the-art thermal imaging satellites that provide the thermal data offered to DLR.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipDec 9, 2024constellr’s multi-year contract with the German Space Agency to provide Earth Observation research

DLR teams from Oberpfaffenhofen are collaborating with ESA on the calibration and validation of Sentinel-1C systems.

Mentioned as: DLROrg RelationshipDec 6, 2024Vega-C bringt neuen europäischen Wächter-Satelliten ins All

The DLR SAR Calibration Center provides highly accurate calibration targets and evaluates internal calibration signals for the SAR instrument.

Mentioned as: DLR SAR Calibration CenterTechnical ProductDec 6, 2024Vega-C bringt neuen europäischen Wächter-Satelliten ins All

Rakon's MRO subsystem is part of the payload for DLR's COMPASSO on-orbit validation project on the Bartolomeo platform attached to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: DLROrg RelationshipNov 18, 2024Rakon subsystem selected for ISS mission

The optical technologies tested by DLR's COMPASSO project are intended to improve future generations of Global Navigation Satellite Systems such as the European Galileo system by delivering greater positioning accuracy and reducing ground infrastructure size and complexity.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductNov 18, 2024Rakon subsystem selected for ISS mission

The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) is supporting HydRON by developing various technologies for the ground and space segments.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductOct 29, 2024HydRON: Satellites using lasers for faster data sharing
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