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Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Nov 10, 2022

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. youtube.com/watch?v=QLWut6 #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace #OtterPup

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Otter Pup by Starfish Space

In Fall 2023, Starfish Space's Otter Pup spacecraft will rendezvous, maneuver in close proximity to, and dock with an operational satellite in Low-Earth Orbi...

Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Jan 22

Publicly released for the first time: the Otter Pup as it heads into thermal testing!

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! #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace #OtterPup

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Exotrail

@exotrail

Dec 9, 2022

Few months ago, #Exotrail team delivered a spaceware™ - nano thruster to its US-based customer, @StarfishSpace. Our CEO and our Operations team leader were invited to join in Seattle the unveiling of Starfish's "Otter Pup" project - the one that will fly this #thruster.

Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Nov 10, 2022

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 #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

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RENDEZVOUS WITH STARFISH SPACE

Live Streaming will begin at 7:15pm PST on November 9th, 2022.

Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Nov 8, 2022

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 eventbrite.com/e/rendezvous-w #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

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 #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

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RENDEZVOUS WITH STARFISH SPACE

Live Streaming will begin at 7:15pm PST on November 9th, 2022.

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! #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A photo of Intelsat-901, the satellite that was serviced by Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) while on orbit. This black and white photo was taken by MEV during this historic life extension mission. The background behind Intelsat-901 is the blackness of space, with Earth visible in the lower right corner.

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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! #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

An illustration of a satellite equipped with a deployable net capturing a derelict satellite with the net. The two satellites are shown in space, on with a dark, starry background.

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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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A graphic with a photo of Dr. Trevor Bennett, Co-Founder of Starfish Space. Text reads: Global Satellite Servicing Forum Conference Panel Appearance: Guiding Principles Session: Responsible Operations & Planning for Future Operations, Thursday, Oct 20 9:30 AM EST

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Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Oct 12, 2022

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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

An illustration of the collision paths of the satellites Iridium-33 and Kosmos-2251, along with the debris produced by their collision. This digital illustration produced in AGI's orbital simulation software shows the paths of the two satellites around the Earth, highlighting the point of collision.

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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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A digital rendering of NASA's Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous (DART) spacecraft completing a rendezvous with another spacecraft in orbit. The two vehicles are pictured large in the foreground, with planet Earth taking up most of the background area, and a field of stars visible in the upper right corner of the image.

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When the Starfish team learns that DALL-E is now available to everybody... #DALLE #StarfishSpace #OtterSpace #SatelliteServicing

A set of four images generated by the DALL-E artificial intelligence art platform based on the prompt "An Otter grabbing a piece of space debris."

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Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Sep 28, 2022

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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A photograph of ETS-VII, the Japanese satellite equipped with a robotic arm. Large sections of the spacecraft are covered in MLI, or Multi-Layer Insulation, which is visually similar to crinkly gold foil.

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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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A photograph of a NASA astronaut hard at work on a mission to service and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The astronaut in a white spacesuit is attached to the end of a large robotic arm, and the Hubble is situated below the astronaut in the frame. Planet Earth is visible in the background, taking up more than half of the frame, while the remaining background is filled by the empty blackness of space. Image source: NASA.

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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

@AustinLink

. seattletimes.com/opinion/editor #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

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To keep space safe, Congress must help keep it clean

A new bipartisan proposal, co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, wants to keep potentially dangerous debris from orbit.

Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Sep 15, 2022

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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A photograph from the STS-41-C mission. This photo shows astronauts James van Hoften and George Nelson engaged in a spacewalk to repair the Solar Maximum Satellite outside of space shuttle Challenger's open hangar bay.

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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 #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

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Cantwell, Hickenlooper, Lummis, Wicker, Introduce Bill to Thin Out the 900,000 Pieces of Orbiting...

Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, joined U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and...

Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Sep 9, 2022

Notable to see the FCC moving towards a 5-year deorbit guideline as more and more satellites are launched!

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FCC to set five-year deadline for deorbiting LEO satellites - SpaceNews

The FCC wants to require operators of low Earth orbit satellites to deorbit their spacecraft within five years of the end of the mission.

Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Sep 6, 2022

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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A cutaway illustration of the historic Apollo-Soyuz mission, featuring the handshake in action while fellow astronauts and cosmonauts attend their tasks in their respective vehicles. The conjoined spacecraft are shown in orbit with earth in the corner below, while the Milky Way shines overhead.

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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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

A 1970's - era illustration of an early "Space Tug" design. The spacecraft pictured is a cylindrical vehicle with a large window through which two astronauts look out into space from their pressurized living environment. The vehicle has two large robotic arms intended for in-space assembly tasks.

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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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

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Will you be at the New Space Conference in Seattle next week? Starfish Co-Founder

@AustinLink

will be speaking about Frontier Enabling Technology on the "Into the Unknown: Space Manufacturing and Servicing” Panel.

@SpaceFrontier

#StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

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Starfish Space

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Aug 16, 2022

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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

An image showing a mathematical equation for rendezvous of two free-flying space objects.

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Honored to be in the conversation with great Washington companies like

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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 #AWBExcellence

Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Aug 12, 2022

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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

An illustration from the 1933 short story "Murder on the Asteroid." The image is black and white, and shows an astronaut standing on a desolate surface with a nearby spaceship while a planet looms large in the background.

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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. #StarfishSpace #SatelliteServicing #OtterSpace

An illustration of the Otter space tug, Starfish Space's satellite servicing vehicle. The Otter is a small spacecraft, about the size of a washing machine. Here, the Otter is illustrated with a gold body and blue solar panels, and set in an outer space background, surrounded with energetic orange circles.

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Very compelling writeup from

@FT

on the potential impact of space debris. ig.ft.com/space-debris/

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Moondust buster?

funds far-out research projects, including four in Washington state: geekwire.com/2022/moondust- H/T

@NASA_Technology

@StarfishSpace

#Artemis #SBIR

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Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Apr 28, 2022

Or just e-mail: jobs@starfishspace.com!

Starfish Space is hiring! Come build the autonomous future of space. Posting found here:

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Starfish Space Jobs

Starfish Space is hiring! See 11 jobs in January 2023! Apply to the latest jobs with a single profile and get in touch with hiring managers directly. Learn about salary, equity, work-life balance,...

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). #starfishspace