Abstract
This paper gives an overview of OHB-Systems prime earth observation activities including optical, infrared and radar systems. It covers in particular the commercial EKOSAT/DIAMANT programme. Further short summaries of the European science missions SPECTRA and FOCUS as well as the German surveillance mission SAR-Lupe are presented. EKOSAT/DIAMANT is designed to fill the gap between modern high spatial resolution multispectral systems and hyperspectral systems with moderate spatial resolution. EKOSAT/DIAMANT shall provide advanced geo-information products based on the Multi-Spectral High-Resolution Sensor (MSRS), which was developed by a German–Israelean consortium. There is currently no remote-sensing system operational with comparable features and capabilities concerning vegetation related applications especially in the field of environmental issues, agriculture and water bodies. The operational demonstrator mission EKOSAT is a Korean–Israelean–German–Russian initiative that aims in utilising the existing proto-flight model of the Korean multi-purpose satellite KOMPSAT-1 for a fast in orbit deployment of the MSRS sensor. DIAMANT names the future full operational system based on dedicated small satellites. The basic constellation relying on 2–3 satellites which is extended on market demand.
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