TechGoogle is sending an AI satellite into space next week

Google plans to launch a satellite carrying its Tensor Processing Units on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on October 1st. The Project Suncatcher test will examine how the chips withstand spaceflight, radiation, thermal extremes, and cooling challenges in low Earth orbit, advancing the company’s longer-term idea of orbital AI data centers.

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