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Starfish Space captures new funding ahead of orbital servicing demo mission



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In the present moment, if a critical component on a satellite malfunctions or it runs out of fuel, satellite operators have no choice but to consider that asset caput.
Starfish Space is one of a handful of companies that wants to change that. The four-year-old company is developing a satellite servicing vehicle called Otter, which will be able to perform a variety of maintenance and repair tasks, or deorbit the satellite once it reaches the end of its useful life.
While it’s developing the Otter, the company is planning on launching a demonstration version of the vehicle, playfully called Otter Pup, this summer. That spacecraft will hitch a ride on a Launcher Orbiter 2 space tug (which itself wil …

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