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Starfish Space

Products: satellite-servicing. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 16.1/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 92th percentile of 118 defense space companies.

Analyst brief

The record shows a single entry: an uncontrolled spin condition during a spacecraft docking test mission in June 2023, coded at severity 4, the highest level in this dataset. The event is characterized as a mission-loss outcome affecting a demonstration/test mission rather than an operational asset. Starfish Space's index (16.3) and percentile (93.2, elevated band) place it well above most peers in the defense-space category. The record is a single press-reported test-mission failure, with no regulatory finding or repeat event on file.

Entries by year and severity

012023 S4: 1123
S1S2S3S4S5

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Yearly entries vs category average

mission-loss over time vs category

Incident log (1 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S406/12
2023
mission-loss Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space's docking test mission · 1 spacecraft (Otter Pup / LEO Pathfind… GeekWire

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