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Open Cosmos and UK Earth Observation Data Hub partner to boost the UK’s EO community

The UK Earth Observation Data Hub (EODH) is delighted to announce a contract and partnership with Open Cosmos to provide data to the developing UK EO gateway system. The EODH is led by the National Centre for Earth Observation teams at the University of Leicester and STFC Centre for Environmental Data Analysis.

The addition of Open Cosmos satellite data enhances the EO Data Hub’s role as the UK’s central gateway for trusted Earth observation data, expanding the range and quality of EO datasets available through a single national platform. This strengthens the platform’s value for government, industry, and academic users by enabling more effective data discovery, analysis, and decision making, while reinforcing EODH’s position as a cornerstone of the UK’s Earth observation data ecosystem.

Under the agreement, Open Cosmos will deliver DataCosmos services to EODH, enabling researchers, innovators, and commercial users to discover, access, and analyse high-quality Earth observation imagery from Open Cosmos’ OpenConstellation (OCC) satellite data.

The contract includes enterprise-grade API access, high-throughput data services, and dedicated expert support, alongside integration assistance to embed DataCosmos capabilities directly within the EODH platform. Users will be able to view imagery, explore datasets, and access full-resolution data for research and commercial applications.

As part of the collaboration, Open Cosmos will also provide in-kind access to Open Constellation OCC archive imagery , supporting EODH user experimentation and a dedicated GeoAI Hackathon, helping accelerate innovation in Earth observation analytics and applications.

Professor John Remedios, NCEO Director and EO Data Hub Investment Lead said:

Linking commercial data and public data communities together is important. Interfacing OpenCosmos constellation data to our UK EO Data Hub will widen access to these rapidly evolving data and increase the capability and resilience of operational and research programmes”.
Prof John Remedios, NCEO Exec Director

This partnership represents an important milestone in our collaboration with the UK Earth observation community. By integrating DataCosmos with the Earth Observation Data Hub, we are making satellite data more accessible, usable, and impactful for researchers and innovators across the ecosystem.”
Alberto Pérez Cassinelli, VP of Data at Open Cosmos

The impact across the UK user community increasingly using satellite data includes:

Government and public sector – Improved access to trusted satellite imagery to support evidence-based policy making, environmental monitoring, national resilience, and the delivery of public services
Industry and commercial users – Easier discovery and use of high-quality EO data to develop new products, services, and analytics, reducing barriers to innovation and accelerating time to market
Research and academia – Expanded availability of UK-provided satellite datasets to support scientific research, methodology development, and skills growth across the Earth observation community
SMEs and innovators – A simplified route to accessing EO data through a national platform, enabling experimentation, prototyping, and the scaling of EO-enabled applications