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Hammer

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Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 2024-043BCLaunched 3/4/2024
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Transporter-10
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date
3/4/2024
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
512.5 km
Inclination
97.46 deg
Dry Mass
10 kg
Total Mass
10 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Earth Observation
Payload Category
IMG
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
Open Cosmos
Manufacturer
Open Cosmos
Registry
COSPAR ID
2024-043BC
Track
Mentions
14
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Carleton’s rover Eileen included a four-wheel rigid suspension system, swerve drives, 3D-printed polyurethane wheels, a polyurethane arm with six degrees of freedom, and a hammer drill for soil extraction.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 18, 2026University of Toronto leads Canadian entries at 2026 Mars Rover Competition

Hammer and SUAC have hyperspectral imaging capabilities.

Capability
Value 3.5
Apr 21, 2026
Open Cosmos y Ubotica Technologies se alían con la NASA para llevar la IA en tiempo real al espacio

Open Cosmos developed, designed, manufactured, and operates the Hammer and SUAC satellites.

CapabilityValue 4.0Apr 21, 2026Open Cosmos y Ubotica Technologies se alían con la NASA para llevar la IA en tiempo real al espacio

Open Cosmos satellites Hammer and Accenture-1 (SUAC) will join the FAME network with Ubotica's Space:AI platform.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 21, 2026Open Cosmos y Ubotica Technologies se alían con la NASA para llevar la IA en tiempo real al espacio

Canada’s 2026-27 defence plan includes participation in Apollo Griffin, AsterX27, Coalition Space Flag 26-2, Global Sentinel, Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, Polaris Hammer, Resolute Space, Thor’s Hammer, Valiant Shield, and VIGILANT SHIELD 27.

PlanValue 4.0Mar 27, 2026DND’s $51.7 billion plan for 2026-27 includes a new Space Rocketry Challenge

In June of last year, U.S. Space Force personnel helped detect retaliatory missiles launched by Iran during Operation Midnight Hammer.

GeneralValue 2.1Feb 27, 2026Trump reivindica la Fuerza Espacial pero omite la misión Artemis II en su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión

Operation Midnight Hammer demonstrated the central role of space-based capabilities in modern warfare for the U.S. military.

GeneralValue 1.2Aug 4, 2025Middle East Space Roundup: 28 July to 3 August 2025

Open Cosmos manages full mission operations for HAMMER and provides access to diverse data types and third-party tools through the DataCosmos platform.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 25, 2024Open Cosmos ‘HAMMER’ satellite successfully launched via the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission

Open Cosmos designed, built, and tested HAMMER at its facilities in Harwell, United Kingdom with support from the Satellite Applications Catapult’s In Orbit Demonstration program.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 25, 2024Open Cosmos ‘HAMMER’ satellite successfully launched via the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission

Open Cosmos launched the HAMMER Earth observation satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter 10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

PlanValue 4.0Mar 25, 2024Open Cosmos ‘HAMMER’ satellite successfully launched via the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission

Ubotica partnered with Open Cosmos on the CogniSAT-6/HAMMER mission.

RelationshipsValue 4.3Mar 5, 2024Ubotica’s CogniSAT-6: Real-Time Earth Data via AI Satellite

Open Cosmos designed and built the satellite called Hammer for the CogniSAT-6 mission.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Mar 5, 2024Ubotica’s CogniSAT-6: Real-Time Earth Data via AI Satellite

The mole was designed to penetrate the Martian surface using an internal hammer that makes thousands of strokes.

CapabilityValue 3.6Oct 27, 2019InSight heat flow probe suffers setback

On sol 326 of the mission, the team commanded the mole to perform two sets of 150 strokes of its hammer.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 27, 2019InSight heat flow probe suffers setback