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29/05/2026

Our Pan-European facilities are engineered for high-throughput production and precision at scale. With our production now at an all-time high, we are meeting global demand with unprecedented pace-ensuring that every satellite we build is mission-ready without compromise.

To ensure every mission is a success, each satellite undergoes a rigorous testing process. While this represents just a fraction of our comprehensive testing suite, milestones like end-to-end functional testing and vibration testing for structural integrity are essential. We also leverage our Walk-in TVAC chamber to simulate the extreme thermal gradients of space, validating hardware performance under vacuum to ensure every satellite is ready for the journey ahead.

It is this level of industrial rigour that allows us to scale rapidly while maintaining our 100% mission success rate in orbit.

22/05/2026

This week’s takes us to Railroad Valley, Nevada - the prime location for satellite calibration on Earth.

Out of the small handful of elite global calibration sites, Railroad Valley is the most consistent. Its isolation and stable weather patterns provide a near-constant environment that rarely changes, making it a world-class reference point for the space industry and a core member of RadCalNet (The Radiometric Calibration Network).

The dry lakebed’s extreme flatness and uniform surface provide the perfect "ground truth" for our sensors. We leverage these unique conditions to run automated radiometric campaigns - linking our measurements to SI-traceable ground data while carefully managing the uncertainty budgets of our Top of Atmosphere (TOA) observations.

This ensures our instruments stay perfectly tuned and our data remains consistent, accurate, and reliable across our entire constellation.

21/05/2026

The Open Cosmos Newsletter has Landed
The first edition of our brand-new newsletter, The OC Downlink, officially goes live next Tuesday, May 26th at 2:00 PM BST.

We are providing a look into our day-to-day operations with behind-the-scenes access to the Open Cosmos facilities, alongside the latest updates and key upcoming dates.

As a thank you for subscribing, you will also receive exclusive, high-quality Earth Observation imagery to use as backgrounds for your devices. 🛰️

Subscribe to The Downlink here 🌏
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Join the community to receive the first edition this Tuesday!

19/05/2026

Pedro Mier appointed President of Open Cosmos Spain

We are proud to announce the appointment of Pedro Mier as the new President of Open Cosmos Spain.

Pedro joins us with over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the space sector and has been recognised as ‘Engineer of the Year’ by COIT. Pedro’s arrival reflects our commitment to our presence in Spain and to driving collaboration and growth within the space community across Europe.

"My objective is to enhance the company's capacity to generate value through digitalisation based on spatial data and to strengthen ties with the Spanish industry and public institutions." - Pedro Mier

Spain is a critical part of the Space community. With the recent expansion of our manufacturing facilities, we are committed to helping continue this growth. This strategic move strengthens our structure and positioning at a crucial moment for the sector.

https://www.open-cosmos.com/news/pedro-mier-new-president-of-open-cosmos-spain

15/05/2026

This week's highlights one of agriculture's most recognisable patterns from orbit - center-pivot irrigation systems.

Captured across four locations, these circular fields are impossible to miss in our EO imagery. Each disc represents a single pivot arm rotating around a central water source. Valued for their ability to efficiently maximise crop yield across large areas of land, these systems also help reduce water runoff and soil erosion associated with traditional ground irrigation.

Open Cosmos multispectral and hyperspectral imagery reveals how well these systems are performing - detecting variations in crop health, nitrogen-content, water distribution and stress across individual circles, giving farmers the actionable intelligence to optimise fertiliser and water consumption and reduce costs.

14/05/2026

Inside our UK satellite factory. 🛰️
Watch as our teams mount external panels and add the final touches to the latest batch of ConnectedCosmos satellites. This new LEO constellation will provide sovereign and secure communications, alongside resilient capabilities for businesses and government bodies across the globe.

We’ve established a 24/7 production flow in one the most advanced satellite hubs in Europe. This timelapse shows the team in action as we rapidly expand our operations.

13/05/2026

We’re hiring across the Open Cosmos Data Division 🛰️
We’re looking for engineers and specialists who know that great Earth Observation data depends on the systems behind it.

Join us in building the infrastructure that turns raw satellite imagery into insights that help tackle some of Earth’s biggest challenges.

"In the DataCosmos team, we bridge the gap between web engineering and orbital mechanics. We build the interfaces for our Catalogue collection and the backend logic for constellation acquisition optimisation. By automating tasking Activities, we solve the complex challenge of turning orbital simulations into a reliable, user-facing data pipeline." - Pep, Data Platform Technical Lead

This opportunity is about depth, ownership, and real-world impact.
You'll be trusted to build the systems that make satellite data actionable.
We're scaling fast. We've put hardware in orbit, and it works. (100% success rate so far.)

🔗 Explore Data roles here: https://careers.open-cosmos.com/jobs?department=DATA

11/05/2026

The 4S Symposium has officially come to a close. VP of Growth presented the latest developments on NanoMagSat, a mission to better understand the invisible shield that makes life possible on Earth.

• A 3x16U CubeSat constellation to monitor the Earth's magnetic field and ionospheric environment with unprecedented spatio-temporal coverage.
• Latest tests: deployable solar panels, multi-needle Langmuir probes, star tracker baffles, and an impressive 3m boom.
• InterMagSat: a proposed worldwide collaboration answering the IAGA’s call for new LEO missions for sustained global observations.

Thank you to the 4S Space Symposium for championing the use of small satellites and services.

ESA - European Space Agency 4S Symposium - Small Satellites Systems and ServicesComet Aerospace, Inc. TU Delft International Association of Geomorphologists

08/05/2026

This week’s Image of the Week takes us to the eastern edge of Egypt’s Nile Delta, where the Multi-500 satellite has captured the striking geometry of 10th of Ramadan City.

As one of Egypt’s largest industrial hubs, the city creates a sharp divide between the built environment and the vast natural landscape.

01/05/2026

This week’s features a familiar sight in the UK right now - oilseed r**e fields in full bloom.

While the true colour image (first slide) captures the yellow canopy, our Hyper-500 hyperspectral sensor (second slide) provides a deeper look. By measuring the narrower bandwidths of the canopy, we can detect subtle variations in water content and nutrient health.

In May, this data is vital. It allows growers to identify in-field variation, such as localised moisture stress or nitrogen gaps - even when the crop appears uniform in standard imagery.

These deeper orbital insights enable farmers to gain actionable insights into the real-time health and development of their crops to make informed, site-specific decisions.

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