Astronomy Prints 🌌: Space Minds: Open Cosmos’ Rafel Jorda Siquier on finding a niche in space

Monday, May 25, 2026

Space Minds: Open Cosmos’ Rafel Jorda Siquier on finding a niche in space

05/25/2026

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In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Open Cosmos’ CEO Rafel Jorda Siquier about combining Earth observation, connectivity and IoT into a single platform. They also discuss what to expect in 2026.

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FROM THE CONVERSATION

Mike Gruss: Let's talk about some examples. You mentioned floods and wildfires. How quickly can you get that information and how quickly do people want it?

Rafel Jorda Siquier: Right now, already, we have one satellite called HAMMER that we developed for the U.K. government, that has an hyperspectral camera on board, AI analytics and an intersatellite link capability. With that system, we can already take images, process them on board, identify things like vessels and communicate that anywhere in the world where there is internet in three minutes.

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