Starfish Space has selected Gilmour Space Technologies as the docking partner for the Otter Pup 2 on-orbit demonstration mission.
Otter Pup 2 launched in June 2025 to demonstrate rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking technologies in low Earth orbit.
Otter Pup 2 will perform rendezvous and proximity operations with a Gilmour Space ElaraSat M-M-S-1 satellite before a planned docking attempt.
Starfish Space is operating the Otter Pup 2 mission.
Otter Pup 2 is in orbit and is en route to dock with a partner satellite.
Otter Pup 2 launched in 2025 and is currently healthy in space.
Validation of the Nautilus mechanism during the Otter Pup 2 mission will be the final technical gate before the Otter begins its multi-year deorbiting campaign for the Space Force.
The Otter Pup 2 mission is scheduled to launch in 2025 to perform a commercial satellite docking in Low Earth Orbit by attaching to a D-Orbit ION spacecraft.