# Google to test whether TPUs can operate in space

Sundar Pichai says Project Suncatcher will fly a prototype satellite on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission, in partnership with Planet, to test whether Google’s TPUs can survive and operate in space.

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Source: Sundar Pichai · Published 9/24/2026, 13:46:06

Sundar Pichai says Google will test whether its TPUs can survive and operate in space. Project Suncatcher is set to fly aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission on a prototype satellite built in partnership with Planet.

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