Madari Space

Emirati startup founded in 2023 by Shareef Al Romaithi (a former Etihad pilot), developing orbital data centers in Low Earth Orbit to store and process data at the source, including raw EO satellite data, as a sustainable alternative to terrestrial infrastructure. It plans to pilot a commercial orbital data center in 2026 and is backed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund, working with MBRSC and UNOOSA.

data platformAEspace_startuporbital data centeredge computingearth observationmadari.ae

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Products & Services

Orbital Data Center (LEO)

development

space data center

Space-based data center for processing and storing space-generated data in orbit, integrating edge computing and AI; pilot mission targeted for LEO in Q3 2026.

Key Challenges

Technical feasibility of operating data-center-class compute and storage in the LEO thermal/radiation environment.Securing funding (reported early-stage) to reach the 2026 pilot.Downlink bandwidth and latency for serving terrestrial and in-orbit customers.

Roadmap

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Launch first orbital data center pilot mission to LEO2026-Q3

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Scale to larger orbital data-center capacity2028

planned

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