Watch SpaceX launch Google AI satellite, 129 other payloads to orbit today
SpaceX successfully launched 130 payloads into orbit, including a prototype Google AI satellite designed to test tensor processing units in space. The mission also featured other commercial payloads aimed at testing power-beaming technology.
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Testing AI hardware in space is a critical step for the future of edge computing and satellite-based data processing.
The Transporter-18 mission lifted off at 2:32 p.m. ET.
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Click for next article Copy link Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter SpaceX launched 130 payloads to orbit today (Oct. 1), including a prototype Google AI satellite, on the second leg of a planned spaceflight tripleheader.
The rideshare mission, called Transporter-18, lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 2:32 p.m. EDT (1832 GMT; 11:32 a.m. local California time), rising through the fog that typically blankets this scenic coastal site.
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