Google's Project Suncatcher publishes open-access system paper in Joule as TPU satellites fly
blaiseaguera · x · 2026-10-03
Blaise Aguera y Arcas announces the peer-reviewed system design paper for Project Suncatcher is live open access in Joule, with partners at Planet Labs. The flight runs four TPUs on short duty cycles to measure vacuum thermal loads and radiation resilience; expected failures and telemetry will guide future multi-satellite missions to scale AI compute in space.
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