Electric Propulsion Laboratory Inc. has a DARPA Otter contract with a maximum value of $6,700,000 to further development of its Air Breathing ELectric (ABEL) engines.
Phase Four has a $14,900,000 DARPA Otter contract for an air-breathing electric propulsion system for extended satellite operations at altitudes ranging from 90 to 450 km.
Space Systems Command awarded Starfish Space a $37,500,000 Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract to build, launch, and operate an Otter satellite vehicle.
Starfish Space secured a $37,500,000 contract with the U.S. Space Force to develop, launch, and operate the company’s Otter satellite servicing vehicle in geostationary orbit by 2026.
The Otter spacecraft is designed to provide augmented maneuver options for military satellites by docking and attaching to client satellites and using Otter’s propulsion to push or pull and adjust their orbits.
The $14,900,000 award is part of DARPA's Otter program to develop, demonstrate, and collect on-orbit data for air-breathing electric propulsion technologies that harvest ambient low-density air as propellant to enable extended satellite operations at VLEO altitudes.
Stuart has partnered with Otter, an all-in-one restaurant operating system, to connect restaurants and independent couriers through a single platform.
Matthew Gillet is the General Manager at Otter UK and expressed excitement about the integration of Otter and Stuart.
Starfish plans to follow Otter Pup with full-scale Otter spacecraft that are bigger than a mini-fridge and designed to extend the operational life of a satellite in geostationary orbit once docked.
Starfish flight tested the rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking software planned for the Otter mission in 2021 during Orbit Fab’s spacecraft LEO refueling demonstration.
The Otter platform is being designed to perform both GEO life-extension and LEO debris-removal missions with limited modifications, although each Otter vehicle would focus on serving customers in either GEO or LEO.
Starfish Space has now raised more than $21,000,000 to develop its Otter servicing spacecraft.
The $7,000,000 funding round will allow Starfish Space to expand its team and accelerate development of technologies for the Otter space tug.
Starfish Space will use the funding proceeds to accelerate development of its all-electric Otter spacecraft, targeting an initial launch in 2023 or 2024.
Starfish Space, founded in late 2019 by two former Blue Origin and NASA engineers, plans an all-electric tug called Otter as early as 2023.
Starfish aims to launch an all-electric spacecraft called Otter in 2023 or 2024.
Otter is designed for low Earth orbit and geostationary orbit applications.