{"city":null,"name":"Starfish Space","slug":"starfish-space","facts":[{"date":"2026-11-01","type":"deployment","value":"GEO life-extension missions using servicers from SpaceLogistics, Starfish Space and Infinite Orbits","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-11","type":"partnership","value":"Collaborated with Impulse Space and HEO on imaging the Mira rendezvous","source":"Space.com"},{"date":"2026-05-21","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-05-21","type":"deployment","value":"Starfish Space space tug on USSF-23 mission","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-07","type":"total_funding","value":"More than $100 million raised","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-03-28","type":"setback","value":"Changed plans for a docking demonstration mission after the original partner backed out","source":"SpaceNews"}],"peers":[{"name":"Astroscale","rank":7,"slug":"astroscale","score":"86"},{"name":"Impulse Space","rank":35,"slug":"impulse-space","score":"77.5"},{"name":"D-Orbit","rank":50,"slug":"d-orbit","score":"74"},{"name":"Quantum Space","rank":89,"slug":"quantum-space","score":"65"}],"stage":"Early","state":null,"aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Starfish Space builds autonomous spacecraft tugs for in-orbit docking, satellite servicing and life extension, flown on U.S. Space Force missions.","list":"Space 100","rank":58,"tier":"member","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft","total":72,"domain":"Space","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":4,"deployment":5,"production":4,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Servicing & tugs"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-25","header":"Starfish Space to launch debut Otter satellite servicing vehicle on SpaceX Transporter-18 mission","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-09-11","header":"Impulse Space, Starfish Space, and HEO collaborated on imaging the Mira rendezvous.","outlet":"Space.com"},{"date":"2026-07-30","header":"Joanna Hon joined Starfish Space as an engineer.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-05-20","header":"Gilmour Space was selected by Starfish Space as the docking partner for the Otter Pup 2 mission.","outlet":"Gilmour Space"},{"date":"2026-04-07","header":"Starfish Space closed a Series B funding round of more than $100 million for its in-space servicing business.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-04-07","header":"Starfish Space raised more than $100 million to scale satellite-servicing spacecraft production.","outlet":"SpaceNews"}],"website":"https://starfishspace.com","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Servicing & tugs","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-26T10:00:32.897+00:00","facts_total":11,"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).","sub_category":"Servicing & tugs","signals_total":17,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/starfish-space","title":"Starfish Space · space, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"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) 17 signals and 11 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}