Open Cosmos, the satellite manufacturer, is collaborating with Ubotica Technologies on the Flight Demonstration of Federated Autonomous MEasurement (FAME) – a project led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The collaboration will see two of Open Cosmos’ operational satellites, equipped with Ubotica’s SPACE:AI platform, form part of the FAME network under the Advanced Information Systems Technology programme in NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office.
FAME will demonstrate a new paradigm for Earth observation – connecting more than 50 satellites into a federated, intelligent network capable of autonomously detecting, analysing and responding to events in near real-time.
At the heart of Open Cosmos’ contribution are two AI-enabled satellites, HAMMER (pictured) and Accenture-1 (SUAC), equipped with hyperspectral imaging capabilities and onboard artificial intelligence powered by Ubotica’s platform. Open Cosmos developed, designed, manufactured and operated these satellites for information delivery in real-time to the end user. All Open Cosmos satellites in the Open Constellation have these advanced capabilities.
This is advancing a step-change in how satellite data is captured and acted upon – moving from delayed, ground-based analysis to real-time, in-orbit decision-making.
This approach dramatically reduces latency across both satellite tasking and data delivery, enabling an end-to-end system where insights can be generated and acted upon within minutes rather than hours or days.