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- Alphabet will launch its own AI chips into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Thursday.
- The launch is set for 11:15 am PT from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.
- Transporter-18 will also carry Planet Labs satellites, including a solar-powered prototype equipped with Google’s TPUs.
- The mission provides the first in-orbit test of Alphabet’s Project Suncatcher, which studies space-based scalable machine-learning infrastructure.
