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Starfish Space

United States · Space · Satellites & spacecraft / Servicing & tugs · Early · starfishspace.com

Starfish Space builds autonomous spacecraft tugs for in-orbit docking, satellite servicing and life extension, flown on U.S. Space Force missions.

Space 100 · rank 58 · score 72 →Edition: November 2026

Positioning

Starfish Space is a US satellite-servicing company (ex-Blue Origin founders) with three demonstration missions flown (Otter Pup 1 and 2 RPO, and Remora with Impulse, a December 2025 autonomous approach to ~1,250m with no human in the loop), and its first operational Otters launching in 2026 for SES, NASA, and the US Space Force. It holds the servicing category's contract stack: a $52.5M SDA award (January 2026, the first-ever contracted end-of-life disposal for a LEO constellation), a $54.5M USSF GEO vehicle, and an Intelsat life-extension contract, though it has not yet performed a commercial docking. It raised a $110M Series B (April 2026, Point72-led, >$150M total).

Latest signals

  • Starfish Space to launch debut Otter satellite servicing vehicle on SpaceX Transporter-18 missionVia Satellite
  • Impulse Space, Starfish Space, and HEO collaborated on imaging the Mira rendezvous.Space.com
  • Joanna Hon joined Starfish Space as an engineer.Payload
  • Gilmour Space was selected by Starfish Space as the docking partner for the Otter Pup 2 mission.Gilmour Space
  • Starfish Space closed a Series B funding round of more than $100 million for its in-space servicing business.Payload

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Facts, with sources

  • GEO life-extension missions using servicers from SpaceLogistics, Starfish Space and Infinite OrbitsDeployment · SpaceNews
  • Collaborated with Impulse Space and HEO on imaging the Mira rendezvousPartnership · Space.com
  • [object Object]Revenue band · SpaceNews
  • Starfish Space space tug on USSF-23 missionDeployment · SpaceNews

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Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment5
Production4
Commercials4
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in Servicing & tugs

7Astroscale · 8635Impulse Space · 77.550D-Orbit · 7489Quantum Space · 65

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Categories

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Questions this page answers

What does Starfish Space do?

Starfish Space builds autonomous spacecraft tugs for in-orbit docking, satellite servicing and life extension, flown on U.S. Space Force missions. Starfish Space is a US satellite-servicing company (ex-Blue Origin founders) with three demonstration missions flown (Otter Pup 1 and 2 RPO, and Remora with Impulse, a December 2025 autonomous approach to ~1,250m with no human in the loop), and its first operational Otters launching in 2026 for SES, NASA, and the US Space Force. It holds the servicing category's contract stack: a $52.5M SDA award

Where does Starfish Space rank in space?

Starfish Space ranks 58 of 100 on the Space 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 72 out of 100, in Servicing & tugs (Satellites & spacecraft). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Starfish Space's peers in Servicing & tugs?

Astroscale (rank 7), Impulse Space (rank 35), D-Orbit (rank 50), Quantum Space (rank 89).

Where is Starfish Space based and when was it founded?

Starfish Space is based in United States. Stage: Early.

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