Starfish Space’s Otter Pup satellite was recently launched on a SpaceX rideshare mission with the goal of demonstrating autonomous satellite docking. It’s a very cool concept that, once proven, could enable satellites to be serviced in orbit or facilitate debris removal.

Unfortunately, the mission got off to a poor start:

You can follow the recovery operations via their Twitter account. Satellites can be recovered in a scenario like this so hopefully things will work out. It’s a very cool project.