Google’s Suncatcher Prototype Responds to Its First Ground Prompt in Orbit

Google’s Project Suncatcher prototype has answered its first ground prompt in orbit, demonstrating an AI response from an onboard model during an early orbital-computing test. Engineers sent a request for a space-themed haiku this week. Google DeepMind’s Gemma 4 replied: “Blue marble below / Data streams in silent grace / Starlight feeds my core.” The satellite launched Oct. 1 on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission. It carries four Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), Google’s AI chips, but can operate only one at a time for about 20 minutes. The satellite generates up to 1 kilowatt of electricity.

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