TakeMe2Space plans to launch its MOI-1A orbital-computing satellite on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission, scheduled for October 1, 2026. The planned flight is aboard a Falcon 9.
MOI-1A is scheduled for Transporter-18
MOI-1A is a satellite developed by India-based TakeMe2Space. The company’s plan puts it on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission, a rideshare flight that carries multiple payloads.
How orbital processing is intended to work
Customers are expected to upload containerized AI models for MOI-1A to run as it passes over a selected area. The planned service would return analysis to Earth rather than downlinking all the underlying raw data.
That approach is aimed at customers who pay to download large amounts of raw data before analyzing it on the ground. TakeMe2Space founder and CEO Ronak Samantray has said that reducing those downloads could offset the premium for computing in orbit.
MOI-1A’s reported hardware and mission sign-ups
MOI-1A is described as an edge-computing satellite. Its reported hardware includes Nvidia Orin NX processors, with the spacecraft weighing less than 50 kg and having about 150 W of power.
| Detail | MOI-1A |
| Mass | Less than 50 kg |
| Processor | Nvidia Orin NX |
| Power | About 150 W |
TakeMe2Space said 23 customers had signed up for the mission. The named customer Little Place Labs is a US-based space-data analytics company. Reported customer sectors include agriculture, mining, supply-chain management, insurance, geographic information systems (GIS) and education.
The earlier MOI-TD demonstrator
TakeMe2Space’s earlier technology demonstrator, MOI-TD, launched on December 30, 2024. The company said the satellite completed more than 20 in-orbit tests, including AI tasks using applications uploaded from Earth.
