Its first in-orbit test flies a prototype satellite with Trillium TPUs on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare. Google reports the chips survived proton-beam radiation beyond a five-year mission dose; a two-satellite laser-link test follows in 2027.
A Google Research moonshot, built with Planet, testing whether TPUs and machine learning infrastructure can operate in space.
Its first in-orbit test flies a prototype satellite with Trillium TPUs on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare. Google reports the chips survived proton-beam radiation beyond a five-year mission dose; a two-satellite laser-link test follows in 2027.