SpaceX Transporter-18 launches 130 payloads including Google's orbital AI chips
XFreeze · x · 2026-10-02
SpaceX launched the Transporter-18 rideshare mission from California carrying 130 payloads, several AI-related: Google's Project Suncatcher M1 testing AI chips in orbit, TakeMe2Space's MOI-1A orbital AI computing, plus Starfish Space's autonomous satellite servicing, Cowboy Space's laser power beaming, and Carbon Mapper's emissions monitoring. The Falcon 9 booster flew for the 25th time, hours after Crew-13 launched from Florida.
Related event: Google TPUs Reach Orbit Aboard SpaceX Transporter-18 in First Space AI Test(3 posts)→
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