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 Remora mission tested two Starfish software packages, CETACEAN and CEPHALOPOD, aimed at enabling fully autonomous rendezvous and docking on future missions.
The mission demonstrated that Starfish’s software could be integrated quickly and easily on a new spacecraft.
Ariel 1 malfunctioned due to radiation damage caused by the Starfish Prime nuclear weapon test conducted on July 9, 1962.
Starfish Prime created an artificial radiation belt and caused damage to several spacecraft in low Earth orbit, including Ariel 1.
SES has a satellite servicing mission with U.S.-based startup Starfish Space, which Intelsat ordered last year.
Astroscale, Starfish Space, Kall Morris, and D-Orbit are working on ADR technologies with some government-sponsored missions.
Starfish Space raised $29,000,000 in a funding round led by Shield Capital.
Starfish Space raised $29,000,000 in a funding round led by Shield Capital on 2024-11-13.
Starfish Space won a $37,500,000 STRATFI contract with the U.S. Space Force in 2024.
Starfish Space has a team of 70 employees at its headquarters in Tukwila, Washington.
Starfish Space partnered with NASA for a debris inspection mission in low Earth orbit in 2024.
Starfish Space is developing Nautilus, a capture mechanism designed to dock with a wide variety of client satellites.
Starfish Space’s first two Otter missions for Intelsat and the U.S. Space Force will launch to geostationary orbit in 2026 and begin providing services thereafter.
Starfish Space signed a contract with Intelsat for a life extension mission in 2024.
Starfish Space secured a $37,500,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force.
Starfish Space is based in Kent, Washington and develops spacecraft intended for satellite servicing and logistics.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed agreements on 2024-10-30 with Cognitive Space, Impulse Space, and Starfish Space under the Broad Agency Announcements for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement program.
Between 1958 and 1962, both the US and the Soviet Union conducted eight nuclear tests in space, with Starfish Prime being the first successful test for the US.
Starfish Prime demonstrated that radiation impacts spacecraft electronics and can create thermal stress that affects solar cells and communications systems.
The Starfish Prime test released a large amount of energy at high altitudes, causing widespread auroras throughout the Pacific.