# Otter: robot model

Canonical ID: `7ff77b20-4a82-43be-a4fa-11e0d2cd9251`

- **Slug:** starfish-space-otter
- **Form factor:** space
- **Maturity stage:** pilot
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

- **role:** satellite servicing
- **autonomy:** CETACEAN autonomous nav + capture

## Deployments

- [otter-pup-demo-leo](/deployments/otter-pup-demo-leo.md) at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (id: `37c3ae79-b31e-42d8-be41-26ad2ac4dd71`)

## Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

_Manufacturer-supplied at the model level; not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker._

- **video**: [Starfish Space Otter Pup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLWut6TFJBs). _Courtesy of Starfish Space_. Starfish Space's overview of its Otter Pup orbital-servicing demonstration, a small satellite servicer with electric propulsion and autonomous rendezvous and docking. Demo-stage: Otter Pup 1 suffered an early tumbling anomaly that was recovered, and full commercial docking has not yet been demonstrated. The autonomy and capability framing are the maker's claims.


## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Otter?

Small autonomous satellite-servicing vehicle (space tug) using electrostatic/Nautilus capture and CETACEAN autonomous-navigation software.

### Who makes Otter?

Otter is made by Starfish Space, based in Tukwila, Washington, USA, founded in 2018.

### Where is Otter deployed?

1 verified deployment of Otter is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

### What is Otter's maturity stage?

Otter is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.starfishspace.com/press-release/starfish-space-unveils-otter-pup-2-mission/

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