Google’s Suncatcher prototype satellite is online and writing poetry
TechCrunch reports its single TPU can turn on for only about 20 minutes at a time because of power demands.
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TechCrunch reports that Google’s Suncatcher prototype is communicating with the ground after launching in October. Its TPU runs a preloaded Gemma 4 model that produced a space-themed haiku when engineers prompted it. Google also asked the spacecraft to report orbital conditions, while ongoing tests will examine how the chip performs under thermal stress and space radiation.
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