Open Cosmos Fuses Earth Observation & IoT Connectivity To Create Largest Space-Based Real-Time Data Service

Open Cosmos unveils its new global space-based Internet of Things (IoT) service - the only offering to fuse global IoT connectivity with real-time Earth Observation data to deliver contextual intelligence to governments and institutions across the world.

The platform represents the world’s largest and most advanced integrated data ecosystem, powered by the company’s unique multi-layer satellite architecture – a trilogy of broadband secure connectivity, Earth observation, and IoT. It will enable organisations to monitor, understand, and respond to events on Earth with unprecedented speed and insight.

Across the entire Open Cosmos constellation – including the newly launched ConnectedCosmos Low Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity backbone and Open Constellation Earth observation layer – every single satellite will carry an integrated IoT payload. Usually these are separate systems, with data being connected/integrated on the ground, but with Open Cosmos, the satellites can observe, communicate, and trigger actions in one integrated system.

In doing this, Open Cosmos is addressing the traditionally siloed nature of space-based data services, dramatically accelerating data delivery times and maximising operational awareness, which will monitor environmental change and support disaster response across the globe - even in the most remote regions.

By combining ground IoT sensor data with rapid satellite imagery, governments and industries can detect events as they happen and quickly understand what is taking place on the ground, whether that is managing widely distributed assets, overseeing critical infrastructure and operational sites such as energy, utility and rail networks, protecting oceans, tracking wildfires or monitoring offshore conditions.

Today, operational awareness across many IoT services remains limited. While users may receive data on site status and alerts indicating that an issue has occurred, they often lack the visibility needed to understand the scale, context or urgency of the problem.