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Space Forge

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Space Forge Limited is a British aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. Its focus is developing reusable on orbit fabrication capabilities to enable the production of semiconductors and alloys in microgravity.

Facts
Agency Type
British on-orbit manufacturing company 1
Founded Year
2018 1
Headquarters
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 1
Head
Joshua Western (CEO and Co-Founder) 2
Annual Budget
No annual revenue disclosed; raised a £22.6 million Series A round in July 2024, reported as the largest of any UK spacetech company to date. 1
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Space Forge, lead section
    Space Forge Limited is a British aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales.
  • Space Forge, founding sentence
    Space Forge was founded in 2018 by Joshua Western and Andrew Bacon, whilst they were working at Thales Alenia Space.
  • Space Forge, funding history section
    Space Forge's Series-A brought it £22.6 million, the largest of any UK spacetech company to date
  • Space Forge, lead section, supporting the existing entity-description
    Space Forge Limited is a British aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. Its focus is developing reusable on-orbit fabrication capabilities to enable the production of semiconductors and alloys in microgravity.
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2. ESA: Boost! ForgeStar Image Caption (Joshua Western Quote)
European Space AgencyBoost! ForgeStar image caption attribution
Quote, Boost! ForgeStar image caption attribution
Boost! has been essential in demonstrating the commercial potential of Space Forge's ForgeStar platforms. - Joshua Western CEO and Co-Founder Space Forge
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