Google launches satellite carrying four TPUs to test space-based ML infrastructure
paulfabretti · x · 2026-10-02
Google, in partnership with Planet, launched a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission — the first step of Project Suncatcher, a long-term moonshot to explore hosting scalable ML infrastructure in orbit. Over the coming weeks the team will gather in-orbit data on how TPUs handle physical stress, radiation, and thermal extremes, using the findings to refine future designs.
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