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The Starfish Space contract for Deorbit-as-a-Service is the first contracted mission for end-of-life satellite disposal service for any provider.
The Starfish Space Deorbit-as-a-Service mission is targeting a 2027 launch date.
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency awarded a $52.5 million contract to Starfish Space to provide Deorbit-as-a-Service for satellites within the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Starfish Space will build, launch, and operate an Otter spacecraft in low Earth orbit to dispose of Space Development Agency satellites at the end of their operational lives.
Starfish’s upcoming Otter satellite servicing missions will be powered by CETACEAN and CEPHALOPOD software suite.
Starfish’s payloads enabled the Mira spacecraft to perform close-proximity maneuvers with another Impulse Mira spacecraft.
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.
Images captured by an onboard camera supplied by TRL11 were continuously processed by Starfish’s CETACEAN computer vision software.
Remora validated key Starfish software for autonomous satellite guidance.
The Remora mission achieved a fully autonomous rendezvous using Starfish's lightweight camera system.
Starfish and Impulse coordinated closely throughout the Remora mission to ensure rapid execution.
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.
Starfish is known for naming its missions and spacecraft after aquatic creatures, with 'remora' referring to a fish that attaches to larger animals.
A mission for the Space Force, set for next year, will also utilize Starfish's software capabilities.
The Remora mission tested two Starfish software packages, CETACEAN and CEPHALOPOD, aimed at enabling fully autonomous rendezvous and docking on future missions.
Starfish’s software and camera were onboard the Mira spacecraft during its launch.
Starfish added one camera and its software stack to an already-designed Mira spacecraft to provide a cheaper and faster route to RPO.
The mission demonstrated that Starfish’s software could be integrated quickly and easily on a new spacecraft.