Austin Link

Starfish Space Co-Founder, giving life to on-orbit services
IOWA - Stanford - Purdue - Blue Origin - Starfish
Also basketball

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

Lowest cost RPO mission ever?

Huge thank you to great partners like @GoToImpulse and @Trl11_Inc

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

Surprise! Mission accomplished. We just executed Remora, our first closed-loop rendezvous mission, in orbit. The entire operation relied on a single camera sensor and peripheral flight computer, an industry first. The Remora mission was developed in just nine months with our partners @GoToImpulse, and quietly launched earlier this year on board Impulse’s LEO Express 2 Mira.

See our full press release here: https://t.co/BkGzXEGuWT

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

Solving problems (satellite docking) with software instead of hardware makes us commercially viable.

Also helps us move faster and be more flexible.

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

As we get closer to launching Otter Pup 2, we’re rolling out a video series to take you behind the scenes of the mission. We’ll share why this small satellite is so special and what makes this mission unique.

Check out Episode 1 now for a closer look at our software-first design and our approach to making satellite servicing economically viable at scale.

Join us in the exciting journey of Otter Pup 2!

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

This fall @StarfishSpace Otter Pup 2 Mission will attempt docking with another satellite.

This opens up the future of RPOD-centric space activity like life extension, satellite disposal, and more.

We'll share more as we go!

https://t.co/RUDeNQ3VcC

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

This is really amazing for a first flight, congrats to @blueorigin !

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

GS2 and our Blue Ring Pathfinder achieved their final target orbit.

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

When we started our fifth anniversary celebration, we promised to reveal the fourth technology we’ve developed to enable Otter missions. Today, we’re unveiling Manta!

Manta is an articulating boom that Otter uses for precision thrusting while docked with a client satellite. Manta enables Otter to provide life extension and disposal services to satellites of all shapes and sizes.

Check out a scaled-down prototype of Manta in action on the test stand earlier this year:

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

Announcing $29M in new funding led by @ShieldCapVC! This funding will support the development of our first Otter servicing vehicles, which will perform missions for Intelsat, the U.S. Space Force, and NASA.

https://t.co/q28Q0t6YFv

Full press release here: https://t.co/qtCbuUZeGW

[NASA Ames @NASAAmes]

Keeping it SSPICY

The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission has an innovative approach to inspect inoperable space satellites in low Earth orbit. Learn more: https://t.co/PoptUDVOp4

[Michael Barton @maroonspace]

Cool to see this great @wapodavenport article about @StarfishSpace and other space companies in print!

[Acquired Podcast @AcquiredFM]

It's been too long since we covered rockets, satellites, and the physics of space.

@AustinLink joins us to give the 2024 space industry update and share what @StarfishSpace is up to with their self-driving satellite (that docks with other satellites).
https://t.co/Qg2wWEP2LC

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

A huge milestone, and a great way to end the Otter Pup mission!

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

🌟🛰️ Otter Pup News! We have successfully completed an on-orbit rendezvous between Otter Pup and a @D_Orbit ION spacecraft. On Friday, April 19th, Otter Pup pointed its cameras and captured images of ION within close proximity. Read more at: https://t.co/ZgbQTkRdoX

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

Great work by @blueorigin using BE-4s to take a rocket to orbit!

https://t.co/veaqPyASg0

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

The Otter Pup. A mission I'll always be proud of.

Next Otter Pup launches late 2024.

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

Update on the Otter Pup mission:

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

@interplanetary Thanks you Chris, it is awesome to have these moments to celebrate!

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

Otter Pup died on orbit while spinning. Twice! But now it's not only alive, it's no longer rotating!

This is the first time we've done something really hard in space. Still a lot to go for the Otter Pup mission, but we get a chance to make it happen!

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

Update on the Otter Pup Mission

Starfish is excited to announce the successful stabilization of Otter Pup on-orbit, less than two months after the satellite was deployed rotating at over 330 degrees per second. Read our full update for more on this incredible engineering effort:

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

An unfortunate start for the Otter Pup. We're doing everything we can to try to give it a chance.

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

Update on the Otter Pup mission

[Alan Boyle 👽 @b0yle]

.@SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket gives a big sendoff to @StarfishSpace's #OtterPup satellite docking craft and dozens of other payloads: https://t.co/C4SwBgKRCt #Transporter8

[Michael Madrid @buildingMadrid]

this team has hardware in space

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

The Journey of Otter Pup: Launch Day

Otter Pup is set to launch later today on SpaceX's Transporter-8!

Stay tuned, the journey to docking a satellite has only just begun. Watch the launch here: https://t.co/DgZBS2OUYt

#otterpup #dockasatellite

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

@buildingMadrid @mpalank101 @SaidHaschemi This thread is super funny, glad I got on Twitter 2 months later to read it!

[Austin Link @AustinLink]

Thrilled to get to work with @MunichReVC and other great investors like @jim_adler, @ChrisAbshire_ , @gilbert, @adrianfenty, @mpalank101, and @beller!

[Starfish Space @StarfishSpace]

$14M more for Starfish Space to build the Otter for satellite servicing! Led by @MunichReVC !!

https://t.co/INO6dWeCnw