# Google's Project Suncatcher Satellite Successfully Runs Gemma Locally in Space

- URL: https://spark.tlec.top/en/news/local-ai-made-it-to-space-gemma-tpu-66b99d03/
- Date: 2026-10-30
- category: model
- source: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1xjrdji/local_ai_made_it_to_space
- sourceName: r/LocalLLaMA
- tags: Google, Gemma, Edge AI, TPU

> Google confirmed that its Project Suncatcher satellite successfully ran a Gemma model on an onboard TPU in space and transmitted its first generated response back to Earth.

Google has confirmed that its **Project Suncatcher** satellite successfully ran a **Gemma** model on an onboard TPU in space, transmitting its first generated response (a poem) back to Earth.

Read more on the [Google Official Blog](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/project-suncatcher-satellite-response/).