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Air Force

Starfish Nabs $55 Million Space Force Award For Orbital Mobility

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, February 6th, 2026

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Starfish Nabs $55 Million Space Force Award For Orbital Mobility

Starfish Space's Otter space vehicle for rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking. Image: Starfish Space

The Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) last week awarded Starfish Space a $54.5 million contract to prepare the company’s Otter space vehicle for the movement of national security space assets as necessary, including for the satellite disposal mission. The fixed-price contract builds on a $37.5 million award SSC made to Starfish in 2024 for the Seattle-based company to dock with, and augment maneuvers of, national security space assets (Defense Daily, May 20, 2024). A Defense Department announcement for the…

Congress

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