Open Cosmos, founded in 2015, is a space company that designs, builds, launches, and operates satellites, with a focus on simplifying access to space and democratizing space data. It provides end-to-end mission services, including satellite assembly, launch campaigns, in-orbit operations, and data delivery, enabling organizations to utilize satellite imagery for Earth observation and address global challenges. Open Cosmos works with partners like the European Space Agency (ESA) and collaborates with organizations such as Space Park Leicester to expand its capabilities and data exploitation reach. The company's key services include its OpenOrbit mission management, OpenConstellation infrastructure for data sharing, and DataCosmos platform for AI-powered data analysis.
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The Open Cosmos satellite MENUT launched in January 2023 and delivers imagery to monitor deforestation, wildfire impact, flooding, and coastal erosion.
The Series B funding will be used to accelerate Open Cosmos’s international growth, broaden its offering to include sophisticated satellites and constellations, and expand satellite-based analytics and insight solutions.
The Series B funding round for Open Cosmos was announced on 2023-09-10.
The Series B funding will enable Open Cosmos to expand from cubesats to larger spacecraft and to build constellations.
Before its Series B round, Open Cosmos had raised $7,000,000 since its founding in 2015.
Open Cosmos raised $50,000,000 in a Series B funding round to expand the company and develop larger satellites and constellations focused on Earth observation.
ETF Partners, Trill Impact, and A&G led Open Cosmos’s $50,000,000 Series B funding round.
The geospatial data platform for CONIDA will be built on Open Cosmos' existing DataCosmos platform and will serve as CONIDA's National Geoplatform.
Open Cosmos has been selected by the National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) to develop a geospatial data platform for Peru.
PhiSat-2 is a 6U mission developed by Open Cosmos that combines multispectral imaging with reprogrammable capabilities for artificial intelligence algorithms.
OpenConstellation is a global shared satellite infrastructure built and managed by Open Cosmos to provide diverse, frequent, and reliable data about the planet.
The Satellite Applications Catapult and Open Cosmos have signed an agreement to build and launch a demonstration satellite to join the Open Cosmos OpenConstellation.
Open Cosmos is delivering satellites to the OpenConstellation that have been contributed by leading space organisations in the UK, Spain, and Portugal.
The Satellite Applications Catapult and Open Cosmos signed an agreement in May 2023 in Harwell, Oxfordshire to build and launch a demonstration Earth observation satellite for Open Cosmos’ OpenConstellation.
OpenConstellation is a global shared satellite infrastructure built and managed by Open Cosmos to provide diverse, frequent, and reliable Earth observation data.
Over ten months, Lacuna Space worked with Open Cosmos to design and build a 3U cubesat called LS2 integrated with an IoT payload.
LS2 launched in March 2021 and Open Cosmos established contact with the satellite at the first pass.
Open Cosmos reports a 100% success rate on its launched satellite missions.
Open Cosmos has five additional satellites scheduled for launch over the 12 months following January 2023, which will bring the total number of launched satellites to ten.
Open Cosmos designed and built the two satellites integrating IoT payloads to provide connectivity to a network of ground sensors.