Google's first Suncatcher satellite reaches orbit to test AI chips in space

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by JP/KR/TW: Korea Herald / Taipei Times / DigiTimes at 02 Oct, 04:11 UTC

Google has moved its orbital AI data center ambitions from paper to hardware. A prototype satellite carrying the company's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) reached orbit on October 1, 2026, and the data it returns over the coming weeks will help decide whether Project Suncatcher's vision of…