Google's Project Suncatcher satellite reaches orbit as 20-payload launch succeeds
blaiseaguera · x · 2026-10-02
Planet Labs confirmed all 20 payloads from the launch are healthy, including Google's Project Suncatcher satellite (the company's effort to explore compute in space), Tanager-2, and two SuperDoves, with the rest of the Doves to deploy via D-Orbit.
It marks Planet's 718th satellite across 43 rockets and the first time three satellite types flew together; Google partnered with carbonmapper on a SpaceX ride, with another launch due from Cape Canaveral in weeks.
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