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Starfish Space readies Otter craft for NASA debris mission

Original: Starfish Space prepares to launch Otter spacecraft for NASA debris inspection mission 📰 Original title: After seven year

Starfish Space is preparing to launch its Otter spacecraft to carry out a NASA-funded debris inspection mission, roughly seven years after the company was founded. The Otter is designed to rendezvous with and examine objects in orbit, a step toward future satellite servicing and debris removal. Space industry watchers are following the launch closely as a milestone for the young company and for orbital cleanup efforts.

Why now: The long-awaited launch marks a major milestone for a startup moving from development to its first real space servicing mission.

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• Starfish Space prepares to launch Otter spacecraft for NASA debris inspection mission 📰 Original title: After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild 🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅ 👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅ 👇👇👇 https://… · killbait · 2

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