In TrendsStock MarketStocks to WatchLPG PriceflydubaiNifty OutlookGold and Silver Prices TodayOil PricesSpaceX launches 130 payloads, including Google AI chipsSpaceX’s dedicated smallsat rideshare mission carries 130 commercial and government payloads, including Google’s Project SuncatcherBy CNBCTV18.com October 2, 2026, 1:31:04 AM IST (Updated)Elon Musk-led SpaceX has successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 130 payloads into low-Earth orbit as part of its Transporter-18 smallsat rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Among the payloads was Google’s Project Suncatcher, a prototype satellite designed to test how the company’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), its AI chips, perform in space and support artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads.Google CEO Sundar Pichai had announced the project on X on September 25, saying the prototype satellite was being launched in partnership with Planet.Google describes Project Suncatcher as a long-term research project exploring whether space could eventually host scalable AI computing infrastructure. The company says satellites in low-Earth orbit can access near-constant sunlight and generate up to eight times more solar power than on Earth.Google is also exploring whether multiple satellite constellations could eventually be linked to handle larger AI workloads in orbit.The first mission is focused on testing how the hardware performs under the physical conditions…
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