Open Cosmos
Rafel Jorda Siquier has a diverse work experience in the aerospace industry. In 2010, they started as an intern aerospace engineer at zero2infinity. Rafel then went on to co-found and coordinate the Upper Atmosphere Space Launcher from 2010 to 2013. In 2014, they joined Airbus Defence and Space as a Flight Test Center & Flight Line production engineer, providing technical support to the A400M prototypes production department. Since 2015, Rafel has been the founder and CEO of Open Cosmos, a company in the space industry.
Rafel Jorda Siquier attended the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya from 2006 to 2011, where they pursued a degree in Aeronautical and astronautical engineering. Rafel then enrolled at the Escuela de Organización Industrial in 2014 and completed their studies in 2015, earning a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
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Open Cosmos
Driven by the vision of making space accessible to anyone, Open Cosmos provides simple and affordable space missions. They went from design to delivery of qb01, their first nanosatellite, in only four months, followed by a launch and deployment in LEO early April 2017. They are currently working with innovative payload developers towards in-orbit demonstration and constellation deployment to enable services ranging from remote sensing to maritime domain awareness and machine-to-machine communications.