A satellite collects more data than it can send back to Earth. TakeMe2Space has built the tech to process it up in outer space itself
The Hyderabad-based company charges $2 a minute for computing time on its satellites, and is now raising funds to build a 50 kilowatt data centre in orbit.
TakeMe2Space, a Hyderabad-based company founded in 2024 by Ronak Kumar Samantray, is revolutionizing satellite technology by enabling data processing in orbit. With a focus on AI-first orbital data centre infrastructure, the company aims to address the bottleneck of transmitting vast amounts of data from sensors back to Earth.
OrbitLab, TakeMe2Space's commercial product, allows users to upload AI models and run external code directly on the satellite. Users pay $2 per minute for computing time, and results are encrypted when returned. The company successfully demonstrated this capability in January 2025 through a fourteen-day orbital mission aboard ISRO's PSLV Orbital Experiment Module.
To combat the challenges posed by radiation in orbit, TakeMe2Space developed RadShield, a coating that survived multiple solar flares. This reduced the need for expensive radiation-hardened components and extended the life of standard electronics.
However, the company's first operational satellite, MOI-1, was lost on January 12, 2026, when the PSLV-C62 launch failed due to a third-stage roll-rate anomaly. Despite this setback, TakeMe2Space is preparing for the launch of its replacement, MOI-1a, in October 2026 from California.
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