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There was a reported loss of nine satellites, seven of which were US satellites, out of the 25 satellites in orbit at the time of Starfish Prime.
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 was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States on July 9, 1962.
Starfish Prime was the largest nuclear test ever conducted in outer space and was approximately 100 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Radiation from Starfish Prime impacted the hardware and transistors of Telstar.
The Starfish Prime blast generated a power surge over the Pacific Ocean, destroying about 300 streetlights on Oahu.
The solar panels of Ariel 1 sustained damage during the Starfish Prime test.
The Starfish Otter servicing vehicle will dock with a retired Intelsat satellite in geostationary graveyard orbit during a checkout campaign before docking with and servicing an operational Intelsat satellite.
Intelsat signed a contract with Starfish Space for a Starfish Otter servicing vehicle to provide life extension services to an Intelsat geostationary satellite beginning in 2026.
Starfish Space launched the Otter Pup demonstration mission in June 2023.
Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space organization expanded efforts with Starfish Space, SpaceWERX, Space Safari, and the SSC Commercial Space Office to improve responsiveness, resilience, and strategic flexibility of U.S. on-orbit assets.
Space Systems Command awarded Starfish Space a $37,500,000 Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract to build, launch, and operate an Otter satellite vehicle.
Trevor Bennett is a co-founder of Starfish Space and the company intends to collaborate with the Space Force to build capabilities for dynamic space operations.
The STRATFI agreement for Starfish Space combines $37,500,000 in government funds with an additional $30,000,000 in venture capital investment.
Starfish Space launched a demonstration Otter Pup mission in low Earth orbit in 2023, but the mission suffered an anomaly and was not successfully completed.
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.
Estimates on the impact of a nuclear detonation are informed by the 1962 U.S. Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test.
The flash from the Starfish Prime detonation could be seen across the Pacific and produced brilliant aurora displays from Hawaii to New Zealand.
One-third of satellites in Earth orbit were damaged and destroyed by radiation following the Starfish Prime explosion.
The Starfish Prime nuclear test was conducted in low Earth orbit above the South Pacific on July 8, 1962.