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Otter Pup 2 completes acquisition phase near docking partner ElaraSat

Starfish Space says Otter Pup 2 now uses onboard autonomous navigation, rather than ground-based navigation, to stay close to ElaraSat.

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Starfish Space says Otter Pup 2 completed its acquisition phase and is staying within 1 km of its docking partner, Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat, rather than flying past. The company says the spacecraft now relies fully on onboard autonomous relative navigation to stay nearby, with no ground-based navigation needed.

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Starfish Space@StarfishSpaceOtter Pup 2 has made it through Acquisition, one of the most challenging phases in its mission! Check out @GilmourSpace’s ElaraSat, our docking partner, from roughly 1 km away. This is not a flyby. Otter Pup 2 is staying close, making it one of only a small number of free-flying spacecraft in history to operate under control within 1 km of another spacecraft. With Acquisition complete, Otter Pup 2 is now fully relying on its onboard autonomous relative navigation to stay close to its docking partner. No ground-based navigation needed. We trust the spacecraft to know where it is, where its partner is, and how to safely stay nearby. That’s the level of autonomy required for safe and scalable rendezvous and docking missions.10h
NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflightRT @StarfishSpace: Otter Pup 2 has made it through Acquisition, one of the most challenging phases in its mission! Check out @GilmourSpace’…32m
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    Starfish Space@StarfishSpaceOtter Pup 2 has made it through Acquisition, one of the most challenging phases in its mission! Check out @GilmourSpace’s ElaraSat, our docking partner, from roughly 1 km away. This is not a flyby. Otter Pup 2 is staying close, making it one of only a small number of free-flying spacecraft in history to operate under control within 1 km of another spacecraft. With Acquisition complete, Otter Pup 2 is now fully relying on its onboard autonomous relative navigation to stay close to its docking partner. No ground-based navigation needed. We trust the spacecraft to know where it is, where its partner is, and how to safely stay nearby. That’s the level of autonomy required for safe and scalable rendezvous and docking missions.10h
    NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflightRT @StarfishSpace: Otter Pup 2 has made it through Acquisition, one of the most challenging phases in its mission! Check out @GilmourSpace’…32m
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