Google gets a first reply from its orbital TPU satellite
Google said on Oct. 30 that its Project Suncatcher prototype, launched on Oct. 1, returned a first response from a data-center-class TPU in orbit. During a ground pass over Svalbard, an onboard Gemma 4 model answered a prompt for a space haiku, and the team also tried limericks and telemetry prompts. Google said later tests will cover heat and radiation, and that its next milestone is twin interconnected satellites in 2027.
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