ODIN'S EYE (multinatiOnal Development INitiative for a Space-based missilE earlY-warning architecturE) II is a European multinational development initiative for a satellite-based early warning system for ballistic and hypersonic missiles. OHB System AG, based in Bremen (Germany), is the project's coordinator with a consortium of 43 companies from 14 European nations having started work on a simulator as of February 2024. It is part of the TWISTER (Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER Surveillance) project within the EU defense initiative for Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). In 2021 the project received €7.5 million from the European Commission to study “space situational awareness and early warning capabilities”.
History
Design
See also EKS (satellite system) Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Tongxin Jishu Shiyan
References
External links
ODIN’S EYE II Factsheet (Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space)