📅 Oct 21, 2026
Meet Project Suncatcher — Google's first test of an orbiting AI data center.
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A refrigerator-sized satellite called MVP rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg carrying 4 Google TPUs.
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Panels in orbit get up to 8x more solar power than on the ground — no clouds, no night, no land fights.
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Radiation, launch shake, vacuum heat — the chips run AI models in 15-minute bursts to prove they survive.
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Two more satellites fly in 2027 to test high-speed laser links for real orbital computing clusters.
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