/ INDUSTRY · AEROSPACE GROUND

One ground system,
from setup to steady-state.

Ops floors that don’t reinvent the wheel between I&T and flight. The same COSMOS that drove your test rig runs your contact passes, your LEOP timeline, and your steady-state mission ops.

/ WHAT YOU GET

The ground segment, assembled.

No ops-tool assembly required. Point COSMOS at your antenna chain, load your mission config, start running passes.

Telemetry & commanding

Decommutate at line rate. Type-checked commands, full replayable history of every pass.

Pass scheduling & timelines

Contact windows, planned activities, holds, and go/no-go gates — COSMOS works with your mission planning and scheduling

Closed-loop automation

React to limits without paging a human first. Routine passes run themselves; humans handle the exceptions.

Distributed logging

Every packet, every command, every operator action. Long retention for trending and post-pass analysis.

Security & compliance

SSO, RBAC, audit, FIPS-ready, air-gapped and classified-site deployments approved for programs of record.

Replay any minute

Scrub any contact down to the packet. Anomaly investigation that takes minutes instead of weeks.

100%
Pass coverage replayable
24×7
Operators per scope
0
Separate ops tooling
N
Missions per install
/ THE WORKFLOW

From pass plan to post-pass report.

01

Plan the pass

Contact windows, planned activities, procedure freeze, go/no-go gates — all in the same project as flight config.

02

Acquire signal

Antenna handoff, lock indicators, modem state, link budget — surfaced on one console for every operator on shift.

03

Command & monitor

Type-checked commands with limits-driven holds. Procedures run from the same Script Runner your I&T team used.

04

Anomaly response

Alarms route to the right console. Closed-loop automation handles the routine; humans handle the exception.

05

Post-pass replay

Every packet logged. Replay any minute of any pass for trending, anomaly review, or the shift handoff.

/ GROUND LIFECYCLE

One platform. Four stages. Growing tempo.

From the day the antenna goes up to the thousandth routine pass — the same COSMOS commands every stage. Configs move forward as the mission moves forward.

01
SETUP
Ground segment stand-up
02
LAUNCH PREP
Rehearsals & training
03
LAUNCH
LEOP & first contacts
04
MISSION OPS
Steady-state operations
01
SETUP

Stand up the ground segment on the config you already proved.

Antennas, modems, network paths, COSMOS baseline — carried forward from I&T. No re-derivation of packet definitions, limits, or screens for the ops floor.

  • Antenna and modem integration via existing protocol drivers
  • Network and security baseline (SSO, RBAC, audit) wired on day one
  • Packet, command, and limits dictionaries reused from I&T as-is
  • Ops screens forked from the test screens engineers already trust
Bottom line

Time-to-first-pass measured in weeks, not quarters.

02
LAUNCH PREP

Rehearse on the system that will actually fly.

Sims, rehearsals, contingency timelines, and operator training all happen inside the same COSMOS install — with the same procedures and screens that will run the contact.

  • Hardware-in-the-loop and simulator integration for end-to-end rehearsals
  • Procedure freeze with version-controlled script suites
  • Multi-user training scopes isolated from the flight environment
  • Contingency timelines validated against captured anomaly data
Bottom line

Operators step onto console fluent in the exact system that flies.

03
LAUNCH

Hold LEOP without a war room of bespoke tools.

Real-time pass console, anomaly capture, hot handoffs between shifts, direct line to the engineers who built the platform — all on one product.

  • Real-time multi-operator console with role-aware command authorization
  • Every packet, every command, every shift handoff captured
  • Direct engineering support during critical contacts
  • Replay-driven debrief between every pass
Bottom line

LEOP runs on the same product the team has been living in for months.

04
MISSION OPS

Steady-state ops without steady-state burnout.

Automation handles the routine passes. Long-retention logging powers trending. Scopes isolate missions on a shared install so adding the next bird is a config change, not a procurement.

  • Headless automation for routine, repeating contacts
  • Long retention for trending, anomaly forensics, and audit
  • Multi-mission scopes on one install — no duplicate stacks
  • Plugin SDK for mission-specific dashboards and widgets
Bottom line

Adding the next mission is configuration, not a new ground system.

/ PASS CONSOLE

The view operators actually use during a contact.

Build the layout once; share it across every operator on shift. Swipe through the surfaces your team lives in during a pass.

Live telemetry
Command uplink
Pass timeline
Limit monitoring
Script runner
Replay & export
01 / 06
/ AUTOMATION & PROCEDURES

Routine passes that run themselves.

Ruby or Python. The same Script Runner your I&T team used. Procedures branch on telemetry, hold on limits, escalate when reality drifts — so the operator on console handles exceptions, not the checklist.

  • Limits-driven holds with operator-acknowledged release
  • Procedure suites with parameterized, version-controlled steps
  • Headless automation for routine, repeating contacts
  • Pager and alert routing scoped to mission and shift
procedures / pass_nominal.rb
Pass in progress
# Nominal pass — acquire, dump SSR, hand off
wait_check("GND ANT_LOCK == 1", 60)
cmd("SAT MODE_NORMAL")
wait_check("SAT BATT_V > 27.0", 30)

# SSR dump with limits-driven hold
cmd("SAT SSR_DUMP_START with RATE_KBPS 8192")
hold_if("tlm('SAT SSR_REMAINING_MB') < 1", 600) do
  hold_if("SAT BATT_V < 26.0", "Battery sag — operator release required")
end

cmd("SAT SSR_DUMP_STOP")
puts "Pass complete · handing off to next station"
1,284 commands · 0 operator interventions · 11m 22s
/ MULTI-MISSION

One install.
Many missions.

COSMOS Enterprise scopes isolate missions, training environments, and rehearsals on a single install. Operators, roles, procedures, and screens are scoped per mission — the platform stays shared.

Adding the next bird is a config change, not a new procurement.

cosmos enterprise · scopes
mission-a
Flight · 4 operators · 12 procedures
mission-b
Flight · 6 operators · 21 procedures
training
Sandbox · 18 operators · sim feed
rehearsal
Pre-LEOP · 8 operators · HITL
4 scopes · 1 install · 0 duplicate stacks
/ I&T → OPS

The configs you proved on the bench fly with you.

Most teams ship I&T tools to /dev/null the day before launch and start over for ops. With COSMOS, your packet definitions, limits, screens, and procedures move forward as-is. The team comes with them.

We tell people all the time that the best way to use COSMOS is across the lifecycle. It's fantastic to see that pay dividends in practice for our customers.
Greg Bonn, COO · OpenC3
/ VS HAND-ROLLED OPS STACKS

What you stop maintaining the day you adopt COSMOS.

CapabilityCOSMOS EnterpriseDIY ops stack
One product across the lifecycle
Multi-operator with RBAC & auditBolt-on
Replay any minute of any passMaybe
Plugin SDK for mission widgets
Multi-mission scopes on one install
Direct dev support during LEOP
FIPS / classified / air-gapped deploysCustom
TRL-9, 50+ missions
/ FAQ

Questions ops leads actually ask.

Can we run multiple missions on a single COSMOS install?+
Yes. COSMOS Enterprise uses scopes to isolate missions, training, and rehearsal environments on one install. Operators, roles, procedures, and screens are scoped per mission — the platform stays shared.
How does COSMOS integrate with our antenna and modem vendors?+
Hundreds of protocol drivers ship with the platform — TCP/UDP, serial, MQTT, CCSDS framing, custom binary — plus a plugin SDK for vendor-specific control APIs. If it has a port, COSMOS talks to it.
What's the path from our I&T configs to flight?+
Packet definitions, limits, screens, and procedures move forward as-is. Most teams fork their ops screens from the test screens engineers already trust. No re-tooling, no re-learning.
What about classified or air-gapped sites?+
COSMOS Enterprise deploys on-prem, in classified enclaves, and in fully air-gapped environments. SSO, RBAC, audit logging, and FIPS-ready cryptography are part of the platform, not a bolt-on.
How do we get help during LEOP?+
Direct engineering support from the team that built the platform. Enterprise SLAs cover critical contacts and the COSMOS engineers are on-call for the launch campaign.
Open source or enterprise for ground ops?+
COSMOS Core is free and runs real missions. COSMOS Enterprise adds SSO, RBAC, audit, multi-mission scopes, advanced logging, automation, and SLAs — what most programs of record adopt for steady-state ops. See pricing.
/ NEXT STEP

Run your next pass on COSMOS.

See a live COSMOS demo then get COSMOS built around your mission, your antenna, and your concept of operations.