Engineering services that get hardware mission-ready.
When the schedule is tight or the hardware is exotic, OpenC3 engineers plug directly into your program — from board bring-up through mission operations.
One platform across every test phase.
The same COSMOS configurations follow your hardware from the first board to the launch pad. Nothing gets re-implemented at each stage.
Board Testing
Bring up the lowest-level electronics. Power-on, basic I/O, smoke tests with COSMOS scripts driving stimulus and capturing telemetry.
Box Testing
Box-level functional and environmental campaigns. The same plugins from board testing extend upward — no rework, no rewrite.
Bus & Payload Testing
Integrated bus and payload checkout. Multi-target scripts coordinate stim, telemetry capture, and limits monitoring across subsystems.
Integrated Testing
Mission-level rehearsal. Ground site, ops procedures, and flight hardware on the same console. Sim and flight artifacts are interchangeable.
Three ways to fly.
From self-serve open source to fully managed mission delivery — OpenC3 configures COSMOS across the entire hardware lifecycle.
Self-serve, open source
Your hardware, your mission, our open-source engine. Build and run your own COSMOS instance, backed by docs, video walkthroughs, and an active community.
- Robust documentation library
- Extensive open-source community
- Video library with step-by-step walkthroughs
- Annual COSMOS Mini-Con & hands-on workshops at Space Software Summit
Training & expert support
Training that makes master COSMOSnauts of any team, plus on-demand support to navigate any COSMOS Enterprise deployment — no matter how complex.
- Build, integrate & own custom Enterprise plugins
- Master COSMOSnaut training for every user level
- Private, priority support — maximum confidentiality & speed
- Direct, never-get-stuck access to core COSMOS developers
Mission-ready, delivered
Fully developed COSMOS implementations built and configured by OpenC3's foremost COSMOSnauts — delivered on commercial timelines.
- I&T lab & test bench setup
- Ground system configuration & integration
- Operational environment creation
- CI/CD pipeline development
Two ways to bring us in.
Fixed-scope
A defined deliverable, a fixed price, a written acceptance criteria. Best for plugins, deployments, and discrete features.
Embedded engineer
A named OpenC3 engineer sits with your team. Daily standups, shared backlog, shared on-call.
Discovery → Design → Deploy → Operate.
Discovery
60–90 minutes. Mission, hardware, constraints, success criteria.
Design
One-page plan: scope, milestones, deliverables, price.
Deploy
We build, you review. Weekly demos against the plan.
Operate
Hand-off with docs, training, and on-call support if you want it.
Bring us in early.
The biggest wins happen when we're engaged at design — not the morning of integration. Tell us about your program and we'll come back with a plan.