Open Cosmos, the company building satellites to understand and connect the world, has partnered with Ubotica Technologies to bring advanced artificial intelligence into orbit through collaboration 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 and 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 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.

Traditional Earth observation systems rely on satellites passively collecting data, which is then downlinked and analysed on the ground. The FAME project will enable a group of satellites to detect events of interest directly onboard using AI, autonomously re-task themselves or other satellites and coordinate across a wider constellation without human intervention. This creates a fully integrated, responsive system capable of applications such as maritime monitoring, disaster response and environmental change detection - delivering actionable intelligence at unprecedented speed. 

Rafel Jordá Siquier, CEO of Open Cosmos, said: "At Open Cosmos, we design and build satellite missions to help understand and connect our world. By contributing our AI-enabled spacecrafts to FAME, we are helping to unlock a new generation of autonomous, coordinated Earth observation systems. This collaboration marks an important step towards a future where satellites are not just collecting data but intelligently interpreting and acting on it in real time. Through this partnership, we are at the forefront of reducing the latency of both satellite tasking and data repatriation as part of an end-to-end system. This agreement marks a significant milestone in autonomous satellite operations and onboard data processing, setting a new standard for end-to-end system efficiency in space.”

Open Cosmos and Ubotica are building on capabilities already successfully demonstrated in orbit through Dynamic Targeting, a technology developed by NASA JPL and first proved in space by all three parties in July 2025. This includes real-time onboard data processing, which enables satellites to identify events of interest nearly instantly, as well as autonomous dynamic targeting, allowing spacecraft to rapidly reposition and capture follow-up imagery without the need for ground intervention. FAME represents the next evolution of Dynamic Targeting - scaling these capabilities across a multi-operator, federated satellite network.

Fintan Buckley, CEO of Ubotica Technologies, added: "Dynamic Targeting showed what a single satellite with onboard AI can achieve. FAME shows what happens when that capability is coordinated across a network. Our contribution is the intelligence inside the Ubotica nodes: detecting what matters, processing it in orbit, and passing the signal to whatever asset can act on it fastest. That is how you close the loop at a speed that is actually useful."

The FAME Flight Demonstration is expected to begin in summer 2026 with an initial set of six spacecraft, before scaling to a network of more than 50 satellites. Over the three-year project, the system will process thousands of automated alerts and execute autonomous tasking across assets from multiple operators.

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