Google’s first Project Suncatcher AI satellite set to blast off into orbit next week

Google’s first Project Suncatcher AI satellite set to blast off into orbit next week

Google LLC’s plan to put artificial intelligence data centers into low-Earth orbit is taking shape, as it prepares to launch its first satellite on a SpaceX Corp. rocket next week.

In a blog post today, the company said Project Suncatcher will launch a prototype satellite into space in order to study how well its Tensor Processing Units perform in the unique conditions of outer space. “This…