Indian startups launch AI satellite and payloads aboard SpaceX Falcon 9

SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission carried TakeMe2Space's MOI-1A satellite with 117 TOPS of onboard AI compute and 2 TB storage, plus SatLeo Labs' TAPAS-1 thermal payload and EON Space Labs' MIRA imaging system. TakeMe2Space has signed 23 customers and plans a six-satellite constellation by 2028.

• MOI-1A: 14 kg, 117 TOPS, 2 TB storage and a nine-band multispectral imager
• In-orbit AI processing can cut data downloads by up to 1,000x
• TakeMe2Space has 23 customers, about 80% outside India
• Six-satellite constellation and $6 Mn ARR targeted by 2028