Flip News — starfish-otter news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/starfish-otter/ The latest Flip News stories on starfish-otter. en-GB Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:37:25 GMT SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare sends 130 satellites to orbit, including Google's AI-chip testbed https://flipnews.co.uk/satellite/spacex-transporter-18-130-satellites-launch/ https://flipnews.co.uk/satellite/spacex-transporter-18-130-satellites-launch/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Falcon 9's Transporter-18 lifted off from Vandenberg on 1 October carrying 130 payloads — headlined by Google's first Project Suncatcher prototype testing TPU chips in space and Starfish Space's Otter satellite-servicing vehicle for NASA. James Calloway spacex google-suncatcher transporter-18 orbital-data-centre starfish-otter NASASpaceFlight / GeekWire / CNN