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Starfish Space loses contact with 1st 'Otter' servicing spacecraft, ending NASA tech-demo mission

Source digest from Space.com. Published by the source Nov 9, 2026.

Starfish Space loses contact with 1st 'Otter' servicing spacecraft, ending NASA tech-demo mission

Astroboat summary

Starfish Space's first Otter servicing spacecraft suffered a glitch in orbit recently, ending its technology-demonstrating mission for NASA.

Topic context

Mission updates show how spacecraft, instruments, and operations move space science from plans to results.