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German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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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.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralNov 27, 2023Rocket Factory Augsburg names eight customers on second flight

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.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralNov 27, 2023Rocket Factory Augsburg names eight customers on second flight

Walther Pelzer is the director general of the German Space Agency at DLR.

Mentioned as: the german space agency at dlrNarrative GovernanceNov 27, 2023Europe turns to competition to improve its launch industry’s competitiveness

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.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipNov 24, 2023ESA Successfully Completes Full-Scale Rehearsal of its New Ariane 6 Rocket

The EAGLE-1 satellite program is co-funded by the European Space Agency and the European Commission together with the space agencies of Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Czech Republic and industry partners.

Mentioned as: German Space AgencyOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2023SES-led consortium for EAGLE-1 system welcomes TNO and Airbus to deliver optical ground station

Walther Pelzer, director-general of the German Space Agency at DLR, supports retaining georeturn while developing smarter georeturn methods.

Mentioned as: German Space Agency at DLRTechnical ProductNov 14, 2023European governments and companies seek changes to georeturn

The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) will take over leadership of the International Charter in April 2024.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralOct 30, 2023EUMETSAT + Canadian Space Agency to lead disaster response initiative

ArianeGroup will expand Prometheus testing by installing a prototype on a test bed modified for liquid methane at the German aerospace agency DLR’s Lampoldshausen test site.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipOct 29, 2023Europe’s reusable rocket engine making progress

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.

Mentioned as: German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR)Technical ProductSep 19, 2023Germany Joins Artemis Accords

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.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipSep 5, 2023ESA Conducts Successful Engine Tests for All-New Ariane 6 Launch Vehicle

A successful static-fire test of the Ariane 6 Vinci upper stage engine occurred on 2023-09-01 at a Lampoldshausen, Germany, facility operated by the German aerospace agency DLR and also involved the upper stage's auxiliary power unit.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023ESA to set target for first Ariane 6 launch after upcoming tests

Engineers from DLR, ArianeGroup, and ESA completed a hot-fire test at DLR's rocket engine test center in Lampoldshausen, Germany.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductSep 4, 2023Ariane 6 joint update report | 2023/09/04

Tests are ongoing at Guiana Space Centre and at the German space agency DLR to qualify Ariane 6.

Mentioned as: German space agency DLRTechnical ProductAug 10, 2023Ariane 6 development status check

In 2018, Airbus subsidiary Tesat planned to work with the Institute for Communication and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center to establish a high-capacity optical terminal to speed up data transfer from the ISS to the ground.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipAug 7, 2023Xenesis to send optical terminal to ISS platform

Southern Launch has a mission set to launch the ReFEx mission from the Koonibba Test Range in 2024 with the German Space Agency (DLR).

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipAug 3, 2023Australia’s Southern Launch and Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation are new frontier for space with space launch facility in Koonibba

The collaboration with DLR provides European Space Imaging with expertise in infrastructure, analysis, and machine learning for key users including the European Maritime Safety Agency.

Mentioned as: DLROrg RelationshipJul 7, 2023EUSI Invests in German Ground Station for Fast Satellite Imagery Delivery

Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit was built by OHB for the German Space Agency and has a mass of 3,400 kg.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralJul 5, 2023Ariane 5 launches for the final time

The SENAV consortium includes four European organizations: project coordinator iTUBS from Germany, M2M Solutions from Slovakia, TTTech, and the renowned research centre DLR from Germany.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductJun 8, 2023SENAV Consortium Improves AI robots in Exploration Missions

A crater navigation (CNav) framework developed by DLR will enable fully autonomous navigation around cratered bodies.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralJun 8, 2023SENAV Consortium Improves AI robots in Exploration Missions

The architecture of the MMX rover is co-designed with the German Space Agency, DLR.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralMay 4, 2023MMX Rover: thermal vacuum tests carried out at CNES, a major step forward
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