Pixxel to Launch India's First Orbital Data Centre Satellite, Powered by Sarvam

Pixxel announced a partnership with Sarvam to develop Pathfinder, an orbital data centre demonstration satellite. Pixxel will design, build, launch and operate the spacecraft, while Sarvam will supply the AI platform and models for onboard training and inference. The satellite is a 200 kg-class spacecraft expected to reach orbit as early as the fourth quarter of 2026 and will carry datacentre-class GPUs alongside a hyperspectral imaging camera.