KARI Engineers Visit for Intensive openPlume Training

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation of engineers from the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for a five-day training session on openPlume.

Together, we explored the challenges of plume modeling for both electric and chemical propulsion. The sessions were intense and highly productive, filled with valuable technical exchanges and mutual learning.

KARI colleagues with OHB openPlume experts: (from the left to the right) GUENTAE DOH, Alessandro Paone, JONG SEOK PARK, Nicolò Miori, Bayrem Zitouni, SU HEE WON, SU KYUM KIM

Following an in-depth tutorial, the KARI team applied openPlume to use cases relevant to their own satellite missions. The workflow included detailed steps: from meshing with Salome and Gmsh to running simulations with openPlumeEP and openPlumeCP. Plotting results with ParaView was a particular moment—the capabilities of the open-source toolchain enabled a rich discussion on validation approaches using both ground and in-orbit data.

It was an honour to host our Korean colleagues here in Germany and to share knowledge in such a collaborative spirit. Thank you for your trust in openPlume — we look forward to continuing this partnership and seeing you again soon in Korea.

곧 다시 만나요! (See you soon!)