German Showcase Missions Figure in DLR Space Plan

摘要

The German government is pursuing development of a national telecommunications satellite to carry civil and military payloads and also is investing in a system designed to remove dead satellites from orbit, the head of Germany's space agency said. The two missions - the civil-military Heinrich Hertz telecommunications satellite and the Deutsche Orbital Servicing Mission (DEOS) - are showcase projects that German space officials view as ways to promote German technology and German industry outside a pan-European context.