Jena-Optronik GmbH announced today it has been selected by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORATM, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to digital satellite technology.
Two of Jena-Optronik’s ASTRO APS star sensors enable the attitude and orbit control of the German geostationary communication satellite, which was developed and built by OHB System AG.
Jena-Optronik is proud to announce that it has been selected by satellite constellation manufacturer Airbus OneWeb Satellites to provide the ASTRO CL star tracker for the ARROW family of small satellites.
As part of the NASA mission Artemis I, the spaceship Orion was successfully launched into space on November 16th 2022 and is headed to orbit the Moon. It is equipped with two star sensors from the successful Thuringian space company Jena-Optronik GmbH. Starting with follow-up mission Artemis III, the Jena-based company will also supply two additional rendezvous and docking sensors per mission.
Jena-Optronik GmbH signs first long-term agreement for rendezvous and docking sensors with Sierra Space, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC).
Northrop Grumman’s “Mission Extension Vehicle-1” (MEV-1) had its historic docking with the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) spacecraft on February 25, 2020. Now, MEV-2 successfully docked with the Intelsat IS-1002 satellite, again with space technology from Jena.
The "Mission-Extension Vehicle" (MEV for short) of the US tech company Northrop Grumman has been successfully deployed in space with the latest optical technology from Jena on-board. A new docking sensor system from Jena-Optronik GmbH is on its maiden flight as part of the world's first commercial on-orbit servicing mission in geostationary Orbit.
Built by the American aerospace company Northrop Grumman, the re-supply mission S.S. Roger Chaffee (Cygnus NG-11) successfully lifts-off to the International Space Station (ISS) on 17th April 2019, On board is the latest generation of rendezvous and docking sensors developed by Jena-Optronik GmbH.
A fleet of five identical satellites equipped with camera systems from Jena-Optrinik GmbH was launched on board a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on 29th August 2008.
On 25 April 2018 the Sentinel-3B, built by Thales Alenia Space was launched as part of the European Copernicus earth monitoring program with technology supplied by the aerospace company Jena-Optronik GmbH and is sending its first Images.
On 7th March 2017 Sentinel-2B was launched. It is the fifth satellite for the EU ‘Copernicus’ earth observation program. Essential components of the satellite’s multi-spectral instrument (MSI) were supplied by the aerospace company Jena Optronik GmbH, based in Thuringia, and provide a new perspective of our earth.
The following feat was made possible thanks to the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the European Space Agency (ESA): In Germany, the new satellite platform SmallGEO, which is developed in Bremen by satellite manufacturer OHB System AG, makes it possible to deliver whole satellites. Attitude control sensors by Thuringia-based space company Jena-Optronik GmbH are also included.
How can satellite data help to stop global warming? This and many other questions were discussed as part of the Global Climate Conference in Marrakesh from the 7th to the 18th of November. Jena Optronik presented the results of its latest projects and Solutions.
The Rendezvous- and Docking Sensor (RVS) from space company Jena-Optronik is ready for its sixth mission to the International Space Station on the Japanese transfer vehicle HTV.
On 16th February 2016 at 18:57 MEZ Sentinel-3A lifted off, the third satellite in the European COPERNICUS earth observation program. The satellite has sent the first pictures of its five month commissioning phase.
Sensor technology from Jena: The campaign "That's Thuringia" starts the new year with its latest image video and our Rendezvous- and Docking Sensor (RVS).
On June 23rd, the second sentinel satellite launched for its mission to observe the earth’s surface, since the weekend it has been sending its images. Sentinel-2A will open up a new way of looking at the earth.
The Orion spacecraft is designed to transport astronauts into deep space and to explore the farside of the moon, asteroids, and Mars. On board will be star sensors from Jena-Optronik GmbH.
In the presence of the parliamentary state secretary Brigitte Zypries, German Federal Coordinator for Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Thuringian Minister for Economics, Science and the Digital Society Wolfgang Tiefensee, Jena Optronik GmbH ceremonially inaugurated its new development on 26th May 2015.
We are pleased to announce that from February 1st 2015, the registered office from Jena-Optronik GmbH will be transferred to Otto-Eppenstein Strasse 3 in 07745 Jena, Germany.
At 15:30 on 12 August 2014, thanks to the sensors of the Thuringian aerospace company Jena-Optronik, the European ATV-5 space transporter named “George Lemaître” docked successfully and accurately to the millimetre at the International Space Station, ISS.
Orbital Sciences Cooperation’s unmanned “Cygnus” cargo logistics spacecraft precisely approached the ISS with the help of three Rendezvous- and Docking Sensors by Jena-Optronik, Germany.
Europe's largest communication satellite Alphasat launched successfully on July 25th. On board it carries the latest Jena-Optronik star sensor ASTRO APS.
Rendezvous- and Docking Sensors of Jena-Optronik enable the fully automated docking of the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV-4 with the International Space Station.
Successful fully automated docking of the unmanned transport vehicle ATV 3 "Edoardo Amaldi" to the International Space Station due to the rendezvous and docking sensors of the Jena-Optronik
The Thuringian-based space company has been given the “2011 AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Award – International“ as one of 15 chosen companies yesterday in Chicago.
Jena-Optronik GmbH announced today it has been selected by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORATM, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to digital satellite technology.
