OHB Italia S.p.A.
Italian space company. ASI and OHB Italia announced on 23 June 2025 that OHB Italia is prime contractor for ORACLE, with responsibility for designing, building and testing the lunar oxygen-extraction payload over forty months, up to the flight model. The sources reviewed establish no ORACLE flight or lunar result.
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Resources and evidence
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| Resource | Evidence | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Oxygen | Targeted | work aimed at it |
Demonstrated
ASI states the technology had shown its effectiveness on the ground. No lunar operation, flight or extraction result is established by the sources reviewed.
Claimed or planned
The ORACLE releases describe a compact payload using a carbothermal process to make accessible the oxygen held in oxides in lunar soil, to be operated on a future lunar mission.
Facts
- Headquarters
- Italy
- Type
- Company
- Status
- Activeas of 2025-06-23. Prime-contractor role per the ASI and OHB Italia releases of 23 June 2025. This record covers OHB Italia's space-resources work on ORACLE only.
- Roles
- Processing / ISRU
- Targets
- Moon
- Also known as
- OHB Italia; OHB-Italia S.p.A.
- Website
- www.ohb-italia.it/
Missions
1 records| Mission | Role | Launch or landing | Phase | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORACLE lunar oxygen-extraction payload (Italian Space Agency)Payload | Payload builder | Not recorded | In development | Not applicable |
Dated events
Amounts are shown one at a time as each source states them. They are never added together.
- 2025-06-23
ASI and OHB Italia announce the ORACLE payload contract
On 23 June 2025 the Italian Space Agency and OHB Italia announced that they had signed an industrial contract for ORACLE, under which OHB Italia, as prime contractor, is to design, build and test a lunar oxygen-extraction payload over forty months, up to the flight model. No contract value is given.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
L’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana e OHB Italia hanno siglato un contratto industriale
Nel corso dei prossimi quaranta mesi, OHB Italia sarà responsabile della progettazione, costruzione e testing
OHB Italia guiderà il progetto in qualità di Prime Contractor
Roma, 23 giugno 2025
per rendere accessibile l’ossigeno presente in forma di ossidi contenuti nel suolo lunare
- No contract value or currency is stated.
- The signing date is not stated separately from the announcement.
Open evidence gaps
- Founding year and corporate-group relationships were not established in this batch.
- No ORACLE hardware test result, flight or contract value is established by the sources reviewed.
Sources
6 excerpts from 2 publicationsOne web address counts as one publication.
OHB Italia guiderà il progetto in qualità di Prime Contractor
Roma, 23 giugno 2025
OHB-Italia S.p.A. | Cap. Soc.
Reg. Imp. di Milano
per rendere accessibile l’ossigeno presente in forma di ossidi contenuti nel suolo lunare
dopo aver dimostrato la sua efficacia a terra
Cite this record
SpaceMiningData, “OHB Italia S.p.A.”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/ohb-italia.html. Record checked 2026-10-31.