Google's Project Suncatcher flies TPU prototype satellite on SpaceX Transporter-18
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-25
Sundar Pichai announced Project Suncatcher is hitching a ride aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission, testing a prototype satellite built with Planet to see whether TPUs can survive and operate in space—"one small step for TPUs."
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