Four Google TPUs Launched to Learn How to Improve and Scale AI in Space
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#78TPD)
October 1st, 2026 Google in partnership with planet labs launched a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs into orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission. This launch is the first step of Project Suncatcher. Google is working long-term to one day host scalable machine learning infrastructure in space. Over the coming weeks, in-orbit data will be gathered ...