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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Open Cosmos started as a platform-as-a-service satellite builder in Harwell.
Open Cosmos is a subcontractor and platform provider on the £5.15 million Orpheus mission for the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
Open Cosmos kicked off the first rideshare mission for the European Commission’s In-Orbit Demonstration and Validation program in August 2025.
Open Cosmos is bidding to build Europe’s sovereign telecom constellation.
Open Cosmos has teams across the UK, Spain, Portugal, and Greece.
Open Cosmos won a 2026 contract to build the Spanish Atlantic Constellation for the Spanish Space Agency and ESA.
Open Cosmos is raising approximately $200 million to build a Ka-band telecommunications constellation.
Open Cosmos completed the MANTIS mission in October 2025.
Open Cosmos contracted to manufacture Europe’s first open 6G research lab in low Earth orbit for i2CAT.
Open Cosmos is a UK-headquartered company that designs, builds, and operates satellite missions as an end-to-end service.
Open Cosmos is partnering with Astroscale on the Orpheus mission to enhance space situational awareness.
Open Cosmos closed more than €170 million in contracts in the previous year.
Jordi Barrera Ars is the CTO of Open Cosmos.
Jordi Barrera Ars is the CTO of Open Cosmos.
Simon van den Dries joined a panel with AAC Clyde Space CEO Luis Gomes, Open Cosmos CTO Jordi Barrera Ars, Aerospacelab’s Pierre Wilhelm, and Canopy Aerospace and Defense’s Dr. Marco Villa.
The Spanish ESCA development consortium includes Fossa Systems, Satlantis, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Alén Space, and the CSIC under Open Cosmos coordination.
Open Cosmos donated a satellite mockup to the Spanish Space Agency (AEE).
Open Cosmos leads and coordinates the Spanish component of the Atlantic Constellation (ESCA).
Open Cosmos presented the final design of the eight Spanish ESCA satellites in Seville during the ESA Earth Observation Commercialisation Forum.
In April 2026, Ubotica partnered with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Open Cosmos on the Flight Demonstration of Federated Autonomous Measurement mission.