Pakistan, Sept. 25 -- Google will launch its first experimental satellite for Project Suncatcher on October 1. The mission will test whether space can support future AI data centres powered by near-constant sunlight.

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The refrigerator-sized satellite, named MVP, will carry four Google Tensor Processing Units. A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the satellite during the Transporter-18 rideshare mission. Google developed the spacecraft with satellite imagery company Planet Labs.

Project Suncatcher aims to explore scalable machine learning infrastructure in low Earth orbit. Satellites could receive significantly more solar energy in space than terrestrial data centres. However, ...