Starfish Wins SDA Deorbit-As-A-Service Contract
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PAYLOAD - The Space Force is tapping Starfish Space to take out its trash—in orbit.
The military awarded the WA-based space startup a $52.5M contract to deorbit satellites in the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation, when the sats reach their expiration date.
Starfish says this marks the first contracted mission for end-of-life satellite disposal services, in comparison to typical missions that treat disposal as a one-off or a demo.
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Note: Starfish Space is headquartered in Tukwila.
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