Europe · Mission onboard AI and autonomous Earth-observation demonstrator
This project focuses on mission onboard AI and autonomous Earth-observation demonstrator.
CogniSAT-6, also called HAMMER, is a 6U Open Cosmos Earth-observation satellite carrying Ubotica onboard AI. It launched in March 2024 and has demonstrated autonomous cloud avoidance, maritime vessel detection and on-orbit change detection. ESA's undated Bád outcome page reports two completed maritime pilots using the same spacecraft. Bád and NASA JPL's Dynamic Targeting are application programs on CogniSAT-6, not additional satellites or independent computing fleets.
Ubotica Technologies / Open Cosmos · Operating spacecraft with reported in-orbit AI demonstrations
Scope: Mission-specific processing · CogniSAT-6 processes its own Earth-observation imagery for autonomous targeting and maritime insight delivery. Bád and Dynamic Targeting are application programs on the same spacecraft.
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Figures retain their disclosed units and scope. Launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance; targets may change. Not disclosed means no figure in the reviewed sources.
Research participant
Program organization: Ubotica Technologies
PartnershipResearch collaboration and reported demonstration. It is not a supplier procurement, separate spacecraft or completed multi-spacecraft FAME network.
Announced 24 Jul 2025 · Evidence checked 4 Nov 2026
NASA JPL CogniSAT-6 Dynamic Targeting result (opens in a new tab)The official account establishes spacecraft construction, operation and hosting. It does not disclose a procurement order, buyer, price or service term.
Announced 13 Mar 2024 · Evidence checked 4 Nov 2026
Open Cosmos HAMMER launch account (opens in a new tab)Research participant
Program organization: Ubotica Technologies
PartnershipThe page is undated and states a November 2024 to April 2026 contract duration without an amount. Bád is an application program on CogniSAT-6, not another spacecraft.
Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 4 Nov 2026
ESA Phi-lab Bád project outcome (opens in a new tab)Manual review 4 Nov 2026. Open Cosmos, NASA JPL, Ubotica and ESA Phi-lab sources compared across identity, hardware, application timing, data reduction, imaging, orbit, communications, memory, power, thermal, host and research relationships. Bád and Dynamic Targeting are programs using CogniSAT-6 rather than additional spacecraft. Primary body last observed not available. Source monitoring: ongoing. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.
ESA Phi-lab Bád project outcome page · undated, inspected 4 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)Verified announcements and milestones linked to this project, newest first.
An undated ESA Phi-lab outcome page reports that Ubotica completed two maritime demonstrations on CogniSAT-6. One pilot reduced imagery to compact vessel features, sent them over an inter-satellite link and produced final analysis in one hour with a minimum cycle of 11 minutes. A second matched vessel features across three pairs of images on orbit. The work used the existing CogniSAT-6/HAMMER spacecraft, so it does not add another satellite.
Ubotica reported that CogniSAT-6 detected and classified four vessels onboard and delivered detections to the ground within minutes. The observation date was not disclosed.
Ubotica and Open Cosmos announced an agreement with NASA JPL for the FAME federated autonomous-measurement demonstration. The April release identifies Ubotica's SPACE:AI platform and the operating Hammer and Accenture-1 spacecraft, with an initial six-spacecraft phase then targeted for summer 2026 and expansion to more than 50 spacecraft.
A NASA-JPL release republished by Ubotica on 15 August 2025 reports a July flight trial in which CogniSAT-6 used onboard AI to analyze look-ahead imagery and autonomously select cloud-free targets. The reported sequence took about 60 to 90 seconds. Open Cosmos built and operates the satellite, which hosts Ubotica's AI-processor payload.
NASA JPL reported a July 2025 CogniSAT-6 test that analyzed look-ahead imagery onboard and autonomously selected a cloud-free observation in less than 90 seconds.
