Introducing the Otter Pup by Starfish Space!
The first ever satellite docking with electric propulsion. The first ever commercial satellite docking in low-Earth orbit. Docking in fall 2023.
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Publicly released for the first time: the Otter Pup as it heads into thermal testing!
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Working with on Otter Pup has been tremendous. They're an incredibly hard working and responsive team, no surprise that they continue to grow and add capabilities!
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Starfish Space's big announcement happens TONIGHT! Please join us for a livestream event on YouTube in just three hours! See you there at 7:15 pm PST.
youtube.com/watch?v=mFY9RY
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Starfish Space's announcement about the next chapter in the Story of Satellite Servicing happens TOMORROW! Please join us for a livestream event at 7:15 pm PST
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The next chapter in the Story of Satellite Servicing!
Stay tuned for an announcement next week from Starfish Space. Join the livestream at 7:15 pm PST on Wednesday, November 9 youtube.com/watch?v=mFY9RY
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Chapter 12:
2020. Success! Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 successfully rendezvoused with Intelsat 901 and over time repositioned the satellite to bring it back online!
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Chapter 11:
2018. A net, a harpoon and dragsail were the focal point of the RemoveDEBRIS experiments led by the Surrey Space Centre to combat space debris. What worked? The net and harpoon!
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Will you be at the GSSF in DC next week? Starfish Co-Founder Trevor Bennett will be speaking about the future of satellite servicing on the "Responsible Operations & Planning for Future Operations" Panel.
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Chapter 10:
2009. Space debris became a hot topic when a US-built Iridium and a Russian Kosmos satellite collided in orbit, marking the first hypervelocity collision in history and generating a cloud of debris that persists today.
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Chapter 9:
2005. NASA’s spacecraft DART (not last week's DART!) was developed to demonstrate autonomous navigation and rendezvous, but the mission ended prematurely after a collision with its target spacecraft.
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When the Starfish team learns that DALL-E is now available to everybody...
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Chapter 8:
1997. Japan launched the world’s first satellite equipped with a robotic arm. ETS-VII successfully carried out several experiments related to autonomous rendezvous docking and space robotics.
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Chapter 7:
1993. Hubble was designed to be serviced directly in space, which allowed astronauts to perform a total of five repair missions. Shortly after deployment, Hubble would have gone out of service without these fixes.
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The Editorial Board shared their support for the newly-introduced Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act - featuring discussion with Starfish Space co-founder .
seattletimes.com/opinion/editor
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Chapter 6:
1984. The first satellite repair in space took place when the Solar Max astronomy satellite needed servicing after an attitude system failure. Space Shuttle astronauts retrieved it in orbit, fixed and redeployed it.
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The Orbital Sustainability Act is a great example of bipartisan efforts toward ensuring the safety and prosperity of the off-world economy.
commerce.senate.gov/2022/9/cantwel
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Notable to see the FCC moving towards a 5-year deorbit guideline as more and more satellites are launched!
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Chapter 5:
1975. The famous “handshake in space” was a symbol of peace as a US Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Union Soyuz capsule, marking the first crewed international space mission.
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Chapter 4:
1970. In the Marshall Space Flight proposal outlining an “evolutionary space program,” a space tug was deemed critical for “significant improvements in lunar exploration"" with the goal of interaction on orbit.
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Chapter 3:
1966. The first docking between two spacecraft in orbit occurred during Gemini 8 with space rookies Neil Armstrong and David Scott. A thruster issue, however, immediately turned this success into an abort mission.
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Will you be at the New Space Conference in Seattle next week? Starfish Co-Founder will be speaking about Frontier Enabling Technology on the "Into the Unknown: Space Manufacturing and Servicing” Panel.
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The Story of Satellite Servicing! Chapter 2:
1960. Clohessy & Wiltshire's paper publishing the first equations behind satellite rendezvous tackled the topic of making a “big satellite out of little ones” to build a space station.
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Honored to be in the conversation with great Washington companies like and
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Washington is a state of innovation, and AWB is excited to honor these finalists for our Entrepreneur of the Year Award:
* @BrincDrones
* @chooseboundless
* @StarfishSpace
Join us in Tacoma Nov. 17 for the award presentation! Register: bit.ly/3Jq3Mhn
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The Story of Satellite Servicing! Ch 1:
1933. In the short story "Murder on the Asteroid," prospectors hoping to build an off-world economy must use a "big-engined space tug boat" to assist in maneuver of their mining spacecraft.
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The story of satellite servicing is filled with both difficult and triumphant chapters, but ultimately it’s a story of hope. Follow us each week as we dive into the history of satellite servicing and what’s next.
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Moondust buster? funds far-out research projects, including four in Washington state: geekwire.com/2022/moondust- H/T #Artemis #SBIR
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Or just e-mail: jobs@starfishspace.com!
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Starfish Space is hiring! Come build the autonomous future of space. Posting found here:
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Congratulations to Starfish Space co-founder Trevor Bennett for being awarded the University of Colorado Boulder Alumni Award: Outstanding Alumni for Excellence in Commercial Enterprise (under 40).
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Starfish Space is hiring now for summer interns! Come join us as we build the Otter Space Tug.
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Excited to announce that we've raised $7M to accelerate the Otter! Incredible to get to work with and more!!
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Anyone else jazzed that the Space Force is asking for trash trucks in space?!
can help.
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Space Force backs development of commercial orbital debris removal systems spacenews.com/space-force-ba
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Starfish Space is hiring for several new positions! Come join us and support the Otter space tug.
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Space Tugs as a Service: In-orbit service providers are bracing for consolidation spacenews.com/space-tugs-as-
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CEPHALOPOD in orbit!
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Sherpa-FX2 and Sherpa LTE-1 deployment for @SpaceflightInc!
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