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Starfish Space loses contact with 1st 'Otter' servicing spacecraft, ending NASA tech-demo mission

Headline via Space.com · first report 9 Nov, 23:30 IST, latest 9 Nov, 23:30 IST

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Starfish Space's first Otter servicing spacecraft suffered a glitch in orbit recently, ending its technology-demonstrating mission for NASA.

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