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Google satellite sends its first SI response from orbit

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Orbital SI computing has passed its first working test; reliability testing comes next.

The Project Suncatcher prototype ran the open Gemma 4 model and returned a haiku in response to a prompt from Earth. Google will test the accelerators under radiation and thermal stress; the next stage is two interconnected satellites in 2027.

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