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Illustration of Otter in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n

Credit: Starfish Space<\/p>\n

Starfish Space’s NASA-backed satellite inspection mission has suffered a communications loss that cannot be recovered, according to a NASA mission status update. The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (Sspicy) mission was contracted under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research…<\/p>\n

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