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German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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A second prize of 11,000,000 EUR in funding will be awarded in 2022 as the final stage of the DLR microlauncher competition.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralApr 26, 2021German startup Isar Aerospace signs first launch contract

The DLR microlauncher competition will award one startup 11,000,000 EUR in funding later 2021 to support a qualification flight that will carry a payload for a university or research institution at no cost.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipApr 26, 2021German startup Isar Aerospace signs first launch contract

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is participating in Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One to land a German-built instrument on the Moon in 2021.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductApr 20, 2021DLR to Land Radiation Instrument on the Moon with Astrobotic

The DLR radiation sensor will be operated by team members at the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine with support from the Microgravity User Support Center in Cologne, Germany.

Mentioned as: DLR Institute of Aerospace MedicineTechnical ProductApr 20, 2021DLR to Land Radiation Instrument on the Moon with Astrobotic

The DLR radiation sensor will be integrated with Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, which is set to launch in late 2021 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Mentioned as: DLROrg RelationshipApr 20, 2021DLR to Land Radiation Instrument on the Moon with Astrobotic

The German Space Agency at DLR operates the German Space Situational Awareness Center (GSSAC) together with the German Air Force.

Mentioned as: German Space Agency at DLROrg RelationshipApr 6, 2021Lockheed Martin’s iSpace C&C System Selected By German Space Agency

The German Space Agency at DLR operates the German space situational awareness center jointly with the German Air Force.

Mentioned as: German Space Agency at DLROrg RelationshipApr 6, 2021Germany’s space agency selects Lockheed Martin’s traffic management software

Rocket Factory Augsburg won the first round of the German micro-launcher competition run by the German Space Agency DLR and received a letter of support to obtain €500,000 of funding within ESA’s Boost! program.

Mentioned as: the german space agency dlrTechnical ProductMar 31, 2021OHB Sweden AB Signs Rocket Factory Augsburg AG To A Dedicated Launch Contract

The next round of the German micro-launcher competition will award a launch contract worth €11,000,000 for institutional payloads to be selected by DLR and ESA.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative PlanMar 31, 2021OHB Sweden AB Signs Rocket Factory Augsburg AG To A Dedicated Launch Contract

The Galileo Competence Center of the German Aerospace Center (DLR-GK) and Airbus signed a €16.8 million contract for hosting DLR’s COMPASSO mission on the ISS Bartolomeo platform.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipFeb 22, 2021DLR to use Airbus Bartolomeo service for first-ever in-orbit verification of laser-optical clocks

Highly stable optical clocks combined with optical links are intended for future generations of satellite navigation systems such as Galileo and for new GNSS architectures like the Kepler concept developed at DLR.

Mentioned as: DLROrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2021DLR to use Airbus Bartolomeo service for first-ever in-orbit verification of laser-optical clocks

DLR’s Lampoldshausen site features the P5.2 test facility for Ariane 6 upper stage hot-fire testing.

Mentioned as: DLRTechnical ProductFeb 8, 2021Ariane 6 Departs to Begin Hot Fire Testing

Exolaunch provided deployment, mission management, and integration services on Transporter-1 for the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Dresden Technical University, ICEYE, NanoAvionics, and other commercial companies.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Technical ProductJan 24, 2021Exolaunch Zeitgeist Mission Takes Off With 30 Smallsats Aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-1 Mission

The German space agency DLR is running a competition that will offer up to 25,000,000 EUR to selected companies.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Org RelationshipDec 10, 2020Isar Aerospace, Orbex raise funding for small launch vehicles

The German Aerospace Center DLR built the MASCOT lander that touched down on Ryugu in October 2018.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralDec 5, 2020Hayabusa2 delivers asteroid samples to Earth after six-year voyage

DLR and JAXA will collaborate on the Martian Moon Exploration mission (MMX), a medium-class mission set for launch in 2024 to explore Phobos and Deimos.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative PlanNov 20, 2020Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission

The Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart will build the Destiny Dust Analyzer funded by DLR.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralNov 20, 2020Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission

DLR and the French space agency CNES built the MASCOT lander that was part of JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission and touched down on asteroid Ryugu in October 2018.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralNov 20, 2020Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission

DLR signed the contract for the Destiny+ mission with JAXA on 2020-11-11 during an online joint strategy dialogue meeting.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralNov 20, 2020Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission

CloudFerro won the DLR tender for the CODE-DE project in 2019.

Mentioned as: German Aerospace Center (DLR)Narrative GeneralOct 16, 2020CloudFerro awarded the first Polish-German Economic Award for the CODE-DE project
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