Google's first Suncatcher orbital data-center test satellite to launch October 1
Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1
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Google's Project Suncatcher is taking its first step: the initial minimum viable product satellite is scheduled to launch on October 1 to test the idea of an orbital AI data center. About the size of a refrigerator, it carries four Google-designed TPU AI accelerators and solar panels providing around one kilowatt of power. Google supplies the AI hardware, while satellite-imaging company Planet Labs provides the spacecraft.
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