TakeMe2Space, India’s space infrastructure company building orbital data centre capabilities, has partnered with QOSMIC to develop India’s first indigenous OISL network. The aim is to move and process satellite data directly in orbit, enabling near real-time intelligence delivery to the ground.
Today, an Earth observation satellite can capture critical data such as flood movement, crop stress or border activity, but that information often waits until the satellite reaches a ground station.
By using high-speed laser links between satellites, this collaboration is designed to remove that delay and create a sovereign, space-based data relay network for Indian governments, enterprises and commercial operators.
Integrated into TakeMe2Space’s MOI constellation, the Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) system will connect individual satellites into an orbital network where data can be routed dynamically across the constellation. It can then be downlinked through the nearest available RF gateway or QOSMIC’s optical ground infrastructure, and processed on orbit into actionable insight before reaching Earth.
This matters most in time-sensitive areas such as precision agriculture, disaster response, environmental monitoring and national security. Under the partnership, QOSMIC will develop the core optical communication terminal, while TakeMe2Space will build the high-precision OISL gimbal system, satellite bus interconnects and the ADCS hardware and firmware needed for accurate pointing and stable links.
The programme will move from system design and development through space qualification and on-orbit validation, with the first optical communications terminal scheduled for launch in Q2 2027.
Together, the two companies are advancing the long-term vision of gigawatt-scale orbital data centre capacity and a new generation of interconnected space infrastructure.
Technical specifications
| Variant | Description |
| Variant A | Compact, high-efficiency optical communications system optimized for nominal operational ranges of up to 2,500 km. |
| Variant B | High-performance, extended-range platform engineered for deep-meshed orbital networks with nominal communication ranges of up to 8,000 km. |
Leadership Comment
“Optical inter-satellite communications are a critical building block for the future of orbital infrastructure,” said Ronak Kumar Samantray, Founder and CEO, TakeMe2Space. “As we scale toward our vision of creating large-scale orbital computing and data center capacity, intelligent networking between satellites becomes just as important as the compute itself. This partnership with QOSMIC lets us build a sovereign communications backbone for the next generation of space-based applications.”
