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Starfish Space

Active ISAM Private HQ: Kent, Washington Founded 2019

Autonomous satellite servicing: life extension, recovery, debris removal via Otter vehicle.

47.8
ARI Composite
Moderate Risk
#7 of 33
Peer Rank
Infrastructure cohort
Total Launches
No flights tracked
Estimated valuation
Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

47.8
ARI composite · Moderate Risk
Peer rank#7 of 33
Peer groupInfrastructure
Data coverage82%
Tracked gov contracts$38.8M across 2 awards

CAPITAL & CREDIT PROFILE

Government capital
$38.8M lifetime tracked obligations across 2 awards — top agency Department of Defense ($26.8M) (strict id-matched; unattributed award rows are excluded). Explore grants →
Source: USAspending.gov award obligations matched to this company. Obligations, not recognized revenue.

SCHEDULE CREDIBILITY

How well this operator historically meets its own projected dates — launch NETs, company-announced roadmap milestones, and forward-dated facility plans. 100 = says what it does. Discount forward guidance accordingly.

INSUFFICIENT HISTORY
SCI · Insufficient history · 2 dated commitments
Behavioral read
insufficient history — 2 dated commitments tracked (score requires ≥5)
Source Events Late (share) Median slip Median slip, late only Sub-score On-time allowance
Roadmap milestones 2 1 (50%) 104.5 d 209 d 57.2 30 d

WORST SLIPS (RECEIPTS)

Commitment Source Announced Outcome Slip
First autonomous docking with client satellite in orbit (Starfish Otter) open, 209d past target Roadmap milestones 2025 still open 209 d and counting

SCI = 100 × Σ(event credit) ÷ N over the trailing 36 months (2023-07-29 → 2026-07-28). Event credit = 1.0 when the commitment met its announced date (launches: net NET slip < 1 day; roadmap milestones & facility plans: within 30 days of the announced target window — month/year-precision targets count the whole period as on-time), else 30 ÷ (30 + days late beyond that allowance). Sources are pooled, so each source weighs by its event count. Sources: launch NET-change log (LL2 ingest, tracked since 2026-04-17; flown launches in coverage + not-yet-flown launches already slipped ≥1 day; cancelled launches excluded), roadmap registry milestones (company-announced targets, verified provenance only; open milestones past target count as late by days-overdue), facility_plans rows with target_date after announced_at (filing-dated rows excluded). Confidence: high ≥20 events, medium ≥8, low ≥5; no score below 5 events. 100 = says what it does.

Window: 2023-07-29 → 2026-07-28 (36 months) · launch NET log live since 2026-04-17

RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date Type Amount Counterparty Significance
Apr 07, 2026 Vc Series C $100.0M High

Full deal history →

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorISAM
Rank within sector#7 of 33
Tracked peers33

RECENT COVERAGE

Date Source Headline
Apr 07, 2026 SpaceNews Starfish Space raises more than $100 million

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameStarfish Space, Inc.
OwnershipPrivate
HeadquartersKent, Washington
CountryUS
Founded2019
FounderAustin Link, Trevor Bennett
CEOAustin Link
AliasesStarfish Space, Starfish
Key programsOtter (satellite servicing vehicle)
Gov customersSpace Force
Last fundingSeries A
IPO statusPre-IPO

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Starfish Space's official press-release archive documents the $54.5M Space Force APFIT contract (Feb 2026), $52.5M SDA end-of-life disposal contract (Jan 2026), $37.5M STRATFI contract, and Otter Pup

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.