Britain’s First ‘Space Factory’ Blasts Into Orbit on Test Mission

Britain’s first ‘space factory’ blasts into orbit on test mission

A British-built manufacturing satellite successfully launched into orbit on its first test mission. Cardiff-based startup Space Forge launched the probe — called ForgeStar-1 — aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday. The launch marks the first time the UK has sent a spacecraft into orbit to produce new materials in the unique conditions of space, according to the startup.  Joshua…

SpaceX launches UK satellite to create semiconductors in low Earth orbit — sub-zero temps and vacuum of space could advance AI data centers and quantum computing

A satellite designed to produce semiconductors in space has reached low-Earth orbit, launching on a SpaceX rideshare mission. ForgeStar-1 from Space Forge seeks to be a proof of concept to prove that fabrication in space is possible and scalable.

Space Forge launches first manufacturing satellite

Space Forge has confirmed the successful launch and in-orbit communication with the UK’s first in-space manufacturing satellite, developed entirely in Wales. Manufacturing ultra pure power materials in the vacuum and microgravity of space can potentially provide substrates for high performance, high efficiency devices, but there are of course significant challenges in returning the material safely […] The post Space Forge launches first manufact…