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Otter Pup 2 reportedly operates autonomously about 200 meters from ElaraSat

Starfish Space says Otter Pup 2 uses its images to track and predict ElaraSat’s position and orientation.

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Starfish Space says Otter Pup 2 now regularly operates fully autonomously about 200 meters from Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat. It says the spacecraft uses images to track and predict ElaraSat’s position and orientation, and has closed the gap from thousands of kilometers to hundreds of meters while testing continues.

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Otter Pup 2 reportedly operates autonomously about 200 meters from ElaraSat

Starfish Space says Otter Pup 2 uses its images to track and predict ElaraSat’s position and orientation.

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Starfish Space says its Otter Pup 2 spacecraft is now regularly operating fully autonomously roughly 200 meters from Gilmour Space's ElaraSat. The company shared a video it said was captured at that distance during close-proximity operations around the other spacecraft.

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According to the company, Otter Pup 2 is using images to track and predict ElaraSat's position and orientation on an ongoing basis. Starfish Space said the separation has fallen from thousands of kilometers to hundreds of meters as it continues testing, iterating and validating its technology.

The company said Otter Pup 2 would continue moving closer.

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