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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 aims to grow semiconductor crystals in space up to 4,000 times purer than those manufactured on Earth.
In June 2025, Space Forge successfully launched its ForgeStar-1 satellite, receiving the UK's first licence for in-space manufacturing.
Space Forge has been awarded almost £8 million from the Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund administered by the UK Space Agency.
Space Forge will launch the on-orbit manufacturing demonstration satellite ForgeStar-1 equipped with Silicon Sensing’s CAS291 accelerometer.
Space Forge is a U.K.-based company developing reusable satellites for on-orbit manufacturing and announced plans to establish U.S. operations in 2023.
Space Forge will launch the ForgeStar-1A satellite later 2023 to prove their re-entry capabilities.
Space Forge will launch the ForgeStar-1A satellite later 2023 to demonstrate its re-entry capabilities.
Space Forge raised $10,200,000 in 2021 to support its plan to operate ForgeStar.
ForgeStar-0 is the first launch of Space Forge’s ForgeStar platform and will test future returns from space technology.
ForgeStar-0 will be the first launch of Space Forge’s ForgeStar platform and will test future returns-from-space technology.
Space Forge’s inaugural mission will launch the ForgeStar-0 platform for the first time and will test future return-from-space technology.
Space Forge plans its first launch to take place in 2022.