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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Starfish Space completed an autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration in Low Earth Orbit with Impulse Space during which Starfish’s payload autonomously controlled the LEO Express 2 Mira and brought it within approximately 1,250 meters of the LEO Express 1 Mira.
Trevor Bennett is a cofounder of Starfish Space.
Space Systems Command awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million STRATFI contract in June 2024 to demonstrate augmented maneuver capabilities for national security assets in geostationary orbit.
Starfish Space has three publicly announced missions scheduled for 2026: a Space Force mission, a Geostationary Orbit servicing mission for Intelsat (now SES), and NASA’s Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission.
Under the contract, Starfish Space will use its Otter servicing vehicle to autonomously dock with and safely deorbit defunct satellites within the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The LEO Express 2 Mira performed close-proximity maneuvers with the software provided by Starfish Space.
The mission served as on-orbit validation of Starfish’s guidance, navigation and control software suite, CETACEAN and CEPHALOPOD.
The Remora mission has been completed by Starfish Space and Impulse Space.
Remora validated key Starfish software for autonomous satellite guidance.
Images captured by an onboard camera supplied by TRL11 were continuously processed by Starfish’s CETACEAN computer vision software.
Starfish software autonomously controlled the LEO Express 2 Mira during the mission.
Starfish’s payloads enabled the Mira spacecraft to perform close-proximity maneuvers with another Impulse Mira spacecraft.
The Remora mission achieved a fully autonomous rendezvous using Starfish's lightweight camera system.
Starfish’s upcoming Otter satellite servicing missions will be powered by CETACEAN and CEPHALOPOD software suite.
On December 15, 2025, Starfish Space and Impulse Space successfully completed an autonomous rendezvous and proximity operation demonstration mission called 'Remora' in low Earth orbit.
The mission utilized Impulse Space's orbital transportation vehicle, Mira, with a lightweight camera from Starfish Space for autonomous maneuvering.
A mission for the Space Force, set for next year, will also utilize Starfish's software capabilities.
Starfish added one camera and its software stack to an already-designed Mira spacecraft to provide a cheaper and faster route to RPO.
Starfish’s software and camera were onboard the Mira spacecraft during its launch.
Starfish Space and Impulse Space conducted an RPO demo in orbit, bringing spacecraft to within 1,250 meters of each other autonomously.