Starfish Space

The page says humanity now has an opportunity to expand off-world.

Since its founding in 2019, the company has aimed to enable affordable, available satellite servicing. It says its technology will help autonomously build an off-world economy.

The company offers affordable, available satellite servicing through Otter.

Starfish Space Inc.’s notice describes how and why it may collect, store, use, and share information when people use its services.

Starfish Space sends its first full-scale Otter satellite-servicing vehicle into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 130 payloads on the Transporter-18 rideshare mission. After commissioning, Otter will rendezvous with and inspect inoperable satellites under NASA’s $15 million SSPICY mission, demonstrating capabilities that could also support active-satellite checks or defunct-satellite disposal. The Tukwila startup is preparing additional Otter missions for the Space Development Agency, commercial operators, and the U.S. Space Force.

Oct 2026 · GeekWireNews article

Starfish Space prepares to launch its first full-size Otter spacecraft on a SpaceX rideshare mission no earlier than Oct. 1. The 660-pound vehicle will demonstrate satellite inspection technologies during NASA’s $15 million SSPICY mission, approaching and observing multiple decommissioned satellites. The company says it is building at least six Otters, each of which currently takes about a year and a half to manufacture, and has grown to more than 120 employees.

Sep 2026 · GeekWireNews article

Starfish Space raises $29 million in a round led by Shield Capital to fund satellite-servicing spacecraft missions. The Washington-based startup plans to launch three full-size Otter servicing and inspection spacecraft in 2026, designed to extend the life of satellites in geostationary orbit and dispose of defunct satellites in low Earth orbit. Its contracts include a $37.5 million U.S. Space Force mission, satellite life-extension services for Intelsat, and a $15 million NASA inspection mission.

Nov 2024 · TechCrunchNews article