Starfish Space's 'Otter' Satellite Will Attempt 1st-Ever Commercial Docking in Low Earth Orbit This Year

Starfish Space's 'Otter' satellite will attempt 1st-ever commercial docking in low Earth orbit this year

Starfish Space's Otter Pup 2 mission will launch atop a SpaceX rocket this June to perform the first-ever commercial satellite docking in low Earth orbit.

Starfish Space ready to launch docking demonstration mission

Satellite servicing company Starfish Space is ready to launch its second mission, a spacecraft that will attempt to dock with another spacecraft on the same launch. The post Starfish Space ready to launch docking demonstration mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

TCC Students Set to Launch Payload into Space in June with NASA’s RockSAT-C Program

A team of ambitious Tidewater Community College (TCC) students is reaching for the stars—literally. Next month, they will send a student-designed experiment into space through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) prestigious RockSAT-C program, a hands-on workshop that empowers college students to develop and launch payloads aboard a rocket. The project is a collaborative effort led by Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering st…

The US space company Starfish Space plans to carry out satellite service missions in the future. A demonstration mission is expected to start in June.

Starfish Space Plans Summer Launch of First Commercial LEO Docking Mission

Starfish Space is planning a satellite servicing demonstration mission, Otter Pup 2, that will launch this summer and conduct the first docking with a commercial satellite in low earth orbit, the company said Tuesday. Starfish also has satellite servicing missions...

Starfish Space to Attempt Unprepared Satellite Docking in Orbit

Starfish Space has announced on May 20 its upcoming demonstration mission, Otter Pup 2, scheduled for launch in the summer of 2025. The mission will attempt a commercial first: docking with an unprepared satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO). If completed successfully, it would mark the first time a commercial satellite has docked with another spacecraft in LEO. Building on the experience of Otter Pup 1, which conducted a rendezvous with a D-Orbit …