Starfish Space, founded in 2019, is a space technology company focused on on-orbit satellite servicing. They are developing the "Otter" servicer vehicle to provide services like life extension and debris removal for satellites in both Geostationary orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Starfish Space has contracts with Intelsat and the U.S. Space Force, positioning themselves as a key player in the emerging in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) market.
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The U.S. Space Force will acquire a Starfish Space Otter satellite servicing vehicle for Space Systems Command under a contract issued through the APFIT program.
Starfish Space’s Otter spacecraft is scheduled for delivery in 2028.
The APFIT contract to Starfish Space is the only APFIT contract issued to a space company in the current funding cycle.
The APFIT contract to Starfish Space represents one of the largest APFIT awards in the history of the program.
Tiffany Le is Satellite Production Lead at Starfish Space responsible for vendor identification, selection, and management for Otter components.
Starfish Space secured a $52.5 million contract with the Space Force.
Starfish Space implemented a targeted digital enclave to protect Controlled Unclassified Information instead of applying CMMC compliance across the entire company.
Starfish won a Space Development Agency deorbit-as-a-service contract that marks the first contracted mission specifically for end-of-life satellite disposal services.
Starfish Space and Northrop Grumman are providing life-extension services in GEO by docking propulsion-equipped spacecraft to satellites to restore maneuverability.
Quindar will provide automation-first operations to enable Starfish Space to focus on spacecraft and software capabilities while leveraging Quindar’s secure infrastructure for mission operations.
Quindar and Starfish Space formed a partnership on Feb. 5.
Quindar will supply secure automated mission control infrastructure to Starfish Space.
Quindar will support operations for Starfish Space’s first three Otter missions.
Starfish Space is developing the Otter satellite servicing vehicle.
Starfish Space aims to provide life extension and end-of-life services for satellites in orbit.
Starfish Space will build, launch, and operate an Otter spacecraft in low Earth orbit to dispose of Space Development Agency satellites at the end of their operational lives.
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency awarded a $52.5 million contract to Starfish Space to provide Deorbit-as-a-Service for satellites within the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The Starfish Space Deorbit-as-a-Service mission is targeting a 2027 launch date.
The Starfish Space contract for Deorbit-as-a-Service is the first contracted mission for end-of-life satellite disposal service for any provider.
The Starfish Space Otter mission will begin with an initial deorbit and includes options for multiple additional deorbits enabled by Otter’s capacity to service several satellites in a single mission.