Space Forge is a British aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales, focused on developing reusable in-orbit fabrication capabilities. It aims to leverage the unique conditions of space, like microgravity and vacuum, to manufacture advanced materials such as semiconductors and alloys that are impossible or difficult to produce on Earth. Their primary product is the ForgeStar, a returnable satellite platform designed for in-space manufacturing, with partnerships including Northrop Grumman and Voyager Space to advance these capabilities. Associated keywords: in-space manufacturing, microgravity, returnable satellites, ForgeStar, advanced materials.
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Space Forge intends the 2Forge2Furious effort to boost the efficiency, reliability, and power density of high-power electronics used in telecommunications, data centres, electric vehicle charging, and quantum computing.
Space Forge aims for in-orbit semiconductor seed crystals to improve the efficiency, reliability, and power density of high-power electronic devices used in telecommunications, data centre infrastructure, EV charging, and quantum computing.
Space Forge validated technology with ForgeStar-1 by generating plasma on a commercial free-flying platform.
Space Forge Ltd received a £300,000 (≈$409,000) contract for the 2Forge2Furious study to demonstrate commercial production of semiconductor seed crystals in orbit.
On February 9, 2026, the UK Space Agency awarded research contracts to BioOrbit, Space Forge, and OrbiSky to advance technology demonstration and commercialization of advanced materials manufacturing in low Earth orbit.
Space Forge will use its UK Space Agency funding to demonstrate commercial orbital production methods for semiconductor seed crystals aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of high-power electronic devices.
Companies like Varda Space and Space Forge plan to produce drugs, optical fibers, and metal alloys impossible to manufacture on Earth, with first commercial products expected around 2026.
Space Forge announced on December 31, 2025, that its satellite ForgeStar-1 successfully demonstrated plasma generation technology.
Space Forge aims to realize a hybrid manufacturing model where crystals produced in space are processed on Earth.
Space Forge confirmed that it can generate and control extreme environments necessary for crystal growth aboard an autonomous platform in low Earth orbit.
Space Forge successfully generated plasma aboard its ForgeStar-1 craft in Low Earth Orbit.
The high temperatures achieve orbital semiconductor manufacturing for Space Forge.
Space Forge is developing larger platforms intended to produce sufficient material for 10,000 chips per mission.
Space Forge launched ForgeStar-1 on June 27 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 rideshare mission.
Space Forge activated the manufacturing furnace aboard its ForgeStar-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit and generated plasma while reaching a temperature of 1,000°C.
Space Forge aims to grow semiconductor crystals in space up to 4,000 times purer than those manufactured on Earth.
Space Forge managed the ForgeStar-1 furnace activation from its Mission Operations Centre in Cardiff, Wales.
Under this partnership, Space Forge and United Semiconductors will respond to the demand for next-generation technologies such as quantum computing and communications by providing high-quality substrates.
Space Forge signed a memorandum of understanding with United Semiconductors on September 23, 2025, to develop semiconductor manufacturing technology in orbit.
Space Forge will integrate its microgravity-compatible material deposition technology with United Semiconductors' crystal growth and wafer processing technologies to build a manufacturing system compatible with Space Forge's orbital manufacturing platform, ForgeStar.