OpenConstellation is a project that aims to create a global, shared satellite infrastructure for Earth observation, built and managed by Open Cosmos. It operates as a "constellation-as-a-service" that allows organizations to access satellite data to address global challenges like climate change and natural resource management. Satellites are contributed by space agencies, countries, institutions, and companies, with organizations like UKSA, ESA, and IEEC supporting the initiative. The constellation provides diverse data with varying spectral and spatial resolutions, accessible through Open Cosmos' DataCosmos platform.
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OpenConstellation 1.0 is designed to improve planetary monitoring and support near-real-time decision-making.
OpenConstellation 1.0 is designed to give governments direct access to space-derived intelligence through their own satellite network.
Posidònia and Hyperion GR-1 are the first two satellites in Open Cosmos’s OpenConstellation 1.0 Earth-observation constellation.
OpenConstellation 1.0 is designed to reduce the time needed to obtain operational information from satellite data from up to 48 hours to about 30 minutes.
Open Cosmos presented OpenConstellation 1.0 as a new Earth observation constellation.
OpenConstellation 1.0 combines high-resolution multispectral and hyperspectral imaging with onboard artificial intelligence, IoT payloads, inter-satellite links, and integration with the broadband layer of ConnectedCosmos and other connectivity partners.
OpenConstellation 1.0 will be built at Open Cosmos facilities in the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece, and Portugal.
OpenConstellation 1.0 is intended for applications including emergency management, environmental monitoring, protection of energy infrastructure, mining support, security, and smart city planning.
OpenConstellation 1.0 is designed to acquire up to 3 million square kilometers of Earth observation data per day.
OpenConstellation 1.0 is designed to process part of its data in space to reduce the time required to send data to ground stations and make it available to users.
OpenConstellation 1.0’s first satellites are scheduled to launch in 2026.
Open Cosmos will launch OpenConstellation 1.0 in 2026.
Open Cosmos plans to use OpenConstellation 1.0 to extend coverage for enterprises, research institutes, and public administrations.
MANTIS's technologies and processes are now embedded into OpenConstellation, managed by Open Cosmos for global Earth Observation.
Open Cosmos raised $50,000,000 in a Series B funding round in September 2023 to expand from cubesat-class spacecraft into larger microsatellites and to help build out OpenConstellation.
Open Cosmos added two satellite missions to its OpenConstellation that successfully launched on 11 November 2023.
MANTIS and PLATERO will join MENUT as part of the OpenConstellation global shared Earth Observation satellite infrastructure built and managed by Open Cosmos.
OpenConstellation is a global, shared Earth observation satellite infrastructure built and managed by Open Cosmos.
MANTIS and PLATERO will join the satellite MENUT, which launched earlier in the year, as part of the OpenConstellation shared Earth observation satellite infrastructure built and managed by Open Cosmos.
Once operational, MANTIS will join OpenConstellation, a global shared Earth observation satellite infrastructure built and managed by Open Cosmos.