Starfish Space will build an Otter spacecraft targeted for launch in 2027.

Starfish Space’s Otter spacecraft is capable of servicing multiple satellites in a single mission.

Otter is tasked with performing an initial deorbit for one satellite in the SDA’s PWSA constellation and has options to perform additional deorbits.

Otter Pup 2 launched in 2025 and is currently healthy in space.

The Space Development Agency awarded Starfish Space a $52.5 million contract to perform end-of-life deorbiting for a satellite in the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture with options for additional deorbits.

Starfish Space received a 2024 contract to dock with and augment maneuvers for a national security space asset, and that mission to Geostationary Orbit is set to launch in 2026.

Starfish Space builds the Otter spacecraft servicing vehicle.

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.

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.

Redwire Corporation is a space infrastructure company based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Redwire Corporation acquired a combat-proven drone maker as part of the January 2025 transaction.

In January 2025 Redwire Corporation undertook a $925 million acquisition.

The $925 million acquisition represents a fundamental repositioning for Redwire Corporation.

Pale Blue published a white paper summarizing PBI on-orbit and ground operation data.

Pale Blue is headquartered in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Pale Blue published results on January 20 showing that its water ion engine PBI demonstrated performance and start-up capability in space.

PBI achieved a 100% operational success rate in the actual space environment during the demonstration.

PBI is a water ion engine developed by Pale Blue.

Many small satellites must suspend mission operations such as observation and communication while a propulsion system is operating due to power and other constraints.

PBI’s fast startup capability increases the time a satellite can devote to mission operations compared with conventional propulsion systems.

Conventional propulsion systems using solid propellants require long startup times that can cause loss of mission operational time.

PBI generated its required thrust within 129 seconds of ignition start during the space demonstration.

The name Endurance for Blue Moon MK1 references Ernest Shackleton’s ship and associates the lander with resilience under pressure.

Blue Origin posted on X on 20 January 2026 an update showing the logistical progress of the Blue Moon program.

Blue Moon MK1 is to be shipped to Houston for further integration, testing, or preparation activities.

Blue Moon MK1 is a configuration within the Blue Moon program that serves as a testbed for architectures, systems, and industrial processes destined for lunar surface operations.

The transfer of Blue Moon MK1 from the production site to the port represents a measurable operational milestone in the Blue Moon program’s logistical phase.

The Blue Moon program is Blue Origin’s initiative dedicated to developing lunar landers for exploration missions.

Blue Origin assigned the name Endurance to the Blue Moon MK1 lander.

Blue Moon MK1 left Blue Origin’s production site to travel to the port ahead of shipment to Houston.

The SAR payload will enable persistent, all-weather, day-and-night surveillance of strategic areas of interest for the French military.

The sovereign SAR satellite has a projected launch date in late 2027.

Loft Orbital’s Virtual Mission Operations Center (VMOC) will be integrated to allow French defense operators to manage the satellite as a dedicated sovereign asset within a shared-resource framework.

France selected Loft Orbital to develop the nation’s first sovereign Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite under a contract announced on January 21, 2026.

Loft Orbital is a commercial company specializing in modular satellite buses and software-defined mission management.

The contract establishes a sovereign-commercial hybrid procurement model to provide independent orbital reconnaissance capabilities for France.

Initial hardware integration for the sovereign SAR satellite is slated to begin later in 2026.

Under the agreement, the encrypted data downlink and tasking commands will be managed exclusively by French military personnel.

The SAR system is expected to utilize advanced X-band or L-band radar technology to penetrate cloud cover and provide high-fidelity surface imagery.

The procurement model for the sovereign SAR mission uses an as-a-service approach in which the government pays for mission success and data delivery rather than owning the entire manufacturing supply chain.

The spacecraft will be built on Loft Orbital’s standard Longbow bus designed for rapid payload integration and on-orbit software updates.

France’s sovereign SAR satellite project is designated as a cornerstone of the country’s updated space defense strategy within its National Security Programs.

Blue Origin filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) outlining plans and rationale for the TeraWave constellation.

Blue Origin expects TeraWave to provide industries such as aviation, defense, and manufacturing with high-quality connectivity and to serve civil, defense, and national security government users.

Blue Origin positions TeraWave as purpose-built for enterprise customers including enterprise, data center, and government users.

All TeraWave satellites will be optically linked and will operate in Q/V-band while delivering both radio frequency and optical connectivity.

User uplink and downlink for TeraWave will be in Q/V-band, and gateway downlink and uplink will be in the E-band.

Blue Origin projects customer link speeds of up to 144 Gbps on Q/V-band links from LEO and up to 6 Tbps on optical links from MEO.

Blue Origin is led by Dave Limp, a longtime Amazon executive who previously led Amazon Leo.

Blue Origin plans to begin deploying TeraWave in the fourth quarter of 2027.