Starfish Space Loses Contact with Its Otter Spacecraft, Ending Satellite Inspection Mission

Starfish Space loses contact with its Otter spacecraft, ending satellite inspection mission

An artist’s conception shows Starfish Space’s Otter spacecraft in orbit. (Starfish Space Illustration) Starfish Space says it can no longer receive data from its first full-scale Otter space vehicle, bringing a $15 million NASA mission to inspect inoperable satellites to a premature end. In a LinkedIn post, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup said its Otter 24C spacecraft was not able to complete all the objectives for the mission, known as Small S…

Starfish Space Loses First Otter Servicing Satellite Following On-Orbit Bus Anomaly – SatNews

TUKWILA, Wash. — In-space servicing developer Starfish Space confirmed on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, that its first Otter servicing spacecraft has suffered an unrecoverable on-orbit failure after ground teams permanently […]

NASA and Starfish Declare SSPICY Otter Unrecoverable After Communications Loss

NASA and Starfish Space have concluded that the Otter spacecraft carrying the SSPICY technology demonstration cannot be recovered after losing communications during commissioning. NASA’s November 3 mission update attributes the loss to fault-protection software keeping the spacecraft’s radio incorrectly switched off.

Starfish Loses Contact with Otter, Cutting SSPICY Short

Starfish Space lost contact with Otter 24C, putting an end to a $15M NASA in-space inspection mission one month after launch.

Glitch ends satellite inspection mission prematurely

Starfish Space says it can no longer receive data from its first full-scale Otter space vehicle, bringing a $15 million NASA mission to inspect inoperable satellites to a premature end. In a LinkedIn post, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup said its Otter 24C spacecraft was not able to complete all the objectives for the mission, known […]