This Week in Startups · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Google launched a prototype satellite from Project Sunchatcher into low Earth orbit via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying four Google TPU AI chips to test data center operations in space.
“Google had the big breakthrough their first data center in space is now up and running it's a prototype satellite from project sun catcher built by planet labs as you said carrying four of google's tpu ai chips it launched on a spacex falcon 9 earlier this month”