Google's AI satellite sends a very expensive haiku to Earth
Experimental orbital datacenter prototype puts its TPU to work producing poetry
Google's experimental AI satellite, Suncatcher, successfully transmitted a haiku about its perspective orbiting Earth back to ground station. The poem, generated by the onboard Gemma 4 model, read: "Blue marble below, Data streams in silent grace, Starlight feeds my core." The haiku, comprising about 20 tokens, would typically cost $0.000012 through the Google Cloud API.
However, factoring in the cost of launching a 500 kg satellite into low Earth orbit, the haiku's production becomes a significant expense. To make the launch cost comparable to terrestrial datacenter expenses, Google estimates a reduction to $200/kg per satellite would be needed. Google plans to prototype smaller interconnected satellites, aiming for a cost-effective solution by 2035, potentially leveraging SpaceX's technology.
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