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20 satellites, including Google’s Project Suncatcher, planned for October 1 SpaceX launch
A launch-week post says Project Suncatcher will fly TPUs to space for the first time. The planned Transporter-18 lineup also includes Tanager-2 with Carbon Mapper and 18 SuperDoves.
TLDR
A September 29 post announced plans to send 20 satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 on October 1, 2026. It said Google’s Project Suncatcher would fly TPUs to space for the first time; Tanager-2 with Carbon Mapper would double the team’s hyperspectral capacity to detect things like methane; and 18 SuperDoves would bolster its daily scan.
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