Definitive Contract FA945322CA078

This is a $1,500,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer located in Kent, Washington. The contract is to conduct a study comparing the tolerances of electrostatic and gecko-like adhesion technologies for spacecraft docking systems intended for long-duration space missions. This research supports the development of the company's Otter autonomous satellite servicing...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Starfish Space, Inc. for the development of the "Otter" in-space logistics vehicle. The contract has a ceiling value of $749,985.00 and is a firm-fixed-price purchase order. Starfish Space is developing the Otter, which is described as being 10 times smaller and significantly less expensive than alternative satellite servicing solutions, using exclusively...

This contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the development of the Otter satellite servicing vehicle under the SBIR program. Otter is a significantly smaller and more affordable satellite servicing system that uses electric propulsion. The $49,999 firm-fixed-price contract covers research, development, testing, and integration of Otter's rendezvous, proximity operations, docking, and...

This is a $47,499,922.80 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a U.S. Air Force organization, to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer of affordable satellite servicing technologies and autonomous space systems. The contract is for the STRATEGIC FUNDS INCREASE (STRATFI) PROJECT FOR SPACE MOBILITY AND LOGISTICS (SML) TECH, using Starfish's Otter spacecraft to improve maneuverability on-orbit and enable dynamic docking and maneuvering of...

This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer of affordable satellite servicing technologies and autonomous space systems. The $1,699,856 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of software and hardware for the Manta, an articulating thruster boom enabling responsive servicing by the Otter space vehicle. This contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...

Starfish Space, Inc. was awarded a definitive contract valued at $3.5 million by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II program. The contract has a period of performance from August 2021 through February 2025 and involves research related to Starfish Space's participation in the Space Pitch Day 2021 event. As a total small business set-aside, this STTR Phase II contract will support Starfish Space's...

This is a $49,996.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of guidance algorithms and software that enable spacecraft proximity operations with electric propulsion. This aligns with AFRL's research and development efforts in areas such as rendezvous, proximity operations, docking, satellite servicing, and...

This federal contract award for $1,699,995.00 was granted to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of the Otter autonomous satellite servicing vehicle and the design of the Umbra satellite disposal mission. Starfish Space specializes in affordable satellite servicing technologies and autonomous space systems, including solutions for spacecraft rendezvous, proximity operations,...

This is a $1,700,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Starfish Space, Inc. for the development of a calculator to estimate an accurate navigation computer vision-based relative navigation system for rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) using a synthetic data pipeline. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of May 17, 2024. Starfish Space is a small business...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Tukwila, Washington. The contract, valued at $149,995, is for the "Project Theseus: Orbital Infrastructure Outfitting Enabled by a Universal OSAM Connector for Cost-Effective In-Space Assembly" and is funded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The contract is focused on developing affordable satellite servicing technologies and...