Starfish Space

@StarfishSpace

Building the infrastructure for humanity's expansion into space

Seattle & Outer Space

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Starfish Space
@StarfishSpace
Aug 4
"As soon as you're able to grab and move a spacecraft, you can do so many other cool things." That simple idea is driving everything we build at Starfish Space. In Episode 4 of our video series, meet the technology making Otter Pup 2 possible: CETACEAN for relative navigation,
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Starfish Space
@StarfishSpace
Aug 11
Our software has been the focus of the Otter Pup 2 mission to-date as it guides Otter Pup 2 safely and steadfastly towards docking. As we get closer, our docking mechanism, Nautilus, will spring into action. As we’ve been doing for partners throughout the mission, we’d like to
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Starfish Space
@StarfishSpace
Jul 28
Rapid learning and iteration is what Otter Pup 2 is doing on orbit. Code built today is flying tomorrow. At Starfish, we built our flight software from the ground up for rapid, safe deployment. Backed by automated testing and expert review, we can patch on-orbit satellites on
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Starfish Space
@StarfishSpace
Jul 14
We see you! Otter Pup 2 has acquired @GilmourSpace's ElaraSat. Acquisition is the moment Otter Pup 2 first detects and begins tracking its client spacecraft using its onboard cameras and computer vision, rather than relying on navigation inputs from the ground. Here's the view
Starfish Space
@StarfishSpace
Jun 30
After successfully approaching within 10 km of ElaraSat, Otter Pup 2 has transitioned into relative navigation. Up to this point, Otter Pup navigated using absolute position information provided from the ground. Now, during the Acquisition phase, it begins navigating based on
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