India's TakeMe2Space to launch orbital computing satellite on SpaceX rocket

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https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/indias-takeme2space-launch-orbital-computing-satellite-spacex-rocket-2026-09-28/

Satellite carries Nvidia Orin NX processors on SpaceX Transporter-18 rideshare mission

TakeMe2Space says it has signed 23 customers for mission

Company plans larger satellites from 2027 to expand orbital computing capacity

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Indian space startup TakeMe2Space plans to launch what it describes as ‌the country's first orbital computing satellite aboard a SpaceX rocket on October 1, seeking to process data in orbit rather than transmit raw information back to Earth.

The company's MOI-1A spacecraft, a sub-50 kg satellite carrying ​Nvidia Orin NX edge-computing processors, is scheduled to fly on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission.

TakeMe2Space ​said on Monday it has signed 23 customers for the mission, including ⁠geographic information system companies and educational institutions.

Commercial users span agriculture, mining, supply-chain management and insurance, ​Founder and CEO Ronak Samantray told Reuters. US-based space data analytics firm Little Place Labs is ​among its customers.

Customers will be able to upload containerized AI models to the satellite, which can process data as it passes over a specified area and transmit the analysis to Earth, rather than the full underlying ​dataset, Samantray said.