Open Cosmos Conversations Ep. 1: Dark Vessel Detection with Ubotica

his episode kicks off a new webinar series from Open Cosmos. First up: maritime security and orbital AI.

Illegal fishing, sanctions evasion, and undersea sabotage all rely on the same thing: vessels going dark. Turning off transponders to disappear from view.

In this episode, Open Cosmos and Ubotica explore how orbital AI is closing that gap. Host Marita Georganta (Ground Segment Team Lead, Open Cosmos) sits down with David Rijlaarsdam (Director of Space Systems Engineering, Ubotica) and Javier García Robles (Data Partnerships Manager, Open Cosmos) to unpack how processing Earth Observation data directly onboard satellites, rather than waiting for a ground station downlink, changes what's possible for maritime security.

In this episode:

• Why edge computing in orbit is a turning point for real-time maritime monitoring
• How dark vessel detection protects critical subsea infrastructure
• What near real-time EO insight actually looks like in practice

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