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Tiffany Le is Satellite Production Lead at Starfish Space responsible for vendor identification, selection, and management for Otter components.
Starfish Space implemented a targeted digital enclave to protect Controlled Unclassified Information instead of applying CMMC compliance across the entire company.
Starfish Space secured a $52.5 million contract with the Space Force.
Starfish won a Space Development Agency deorbit-as-a-service contract that marks the first contracted mission specifically for end-of-life satellite disposal services.
Starfish Space and Northrop Grumman are providing life-extension services in GEO by docking propulsion-equipped spacecraft to satellites to restore maneuverability.
Quindar will supply secure automated mission control infrastructure to Starfish Space.
Quindar and Starfish Space formed a partnership on Feb. 5.
Starfish Space aims to provide life extension and end-of-life services for satellites in orbit.
Starfish Space is developing the Otter satellite servicing vehicle.
Quindar will provide automation-first operations to enable Starfish Space to focus on spacecraft and software capabilities while leveraging Quindar’s secure infrastructure for mission operations.
Quindar will support operations for Starfish Space’s first three Otter missions.
Otter is designed to capture and deorbit satellites without requiring any prior modifications, allowing Starfish Space to service existing and future spacecraft deployed or planned within the PWSA constellation.
Under the contract, Starfish Space will build, launch, and operate an Otter spacecraft in low Earth orbit to dispose of SDA satellites at the end of their operational lives.
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 executed a previously awarded competitive mission study contract for the Space Development Agency throughout 2024–2025.
Starfish Space will use its Otter spacecraft to deorbit operational satellites from the PWSA and plans to launch it in 2027.
The contract amount for Starfish Space is $52.5 million, making it the first dedicated mission for deorbiting LEO satellite constellations.
Starfish Space received a contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency on January 21, 2026, for providing deorbit services to a defense-related satellite constellation in low Earth orbit.
In 2024 the Space Development Agency awarded six study contracts worth a combined $1.9 million to Starfish Space, Arkisys, Impulse Space, Quantum Space, Sierra Space, and SpaceWorks Enterprises to study the feasibility of deorbiting PWSA satellites.
Space Systems Command awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million STRATFI contract in June 2024 to demonstrate augmented maneuver capabilities for national security assets in geostationary orbit.