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Space Forge has started operation of the first commercial semiconductor fabrication facility in space, marking a major milestone in off-Earth manufacturing and signaling potential advances in microgravity chip production, with broader implications for the space economy and advanced electronics.
A Cardiff-based startup, Space Forge, has successfully sent a mini factory into orbit that can produce ultra-pure semiconductors in space, leveraging the vacuum and weightlessness to create higher quality materials than possible on Earth. The company plans to develop larger factories and test re-entry technology, opening new possibilities for manufacturing in space that could benefit electronics and other industries on Earth.
Welsh space start-up, Space Forge, has developed a reusable heatshield called Pridwen that can protect spacecraft when they return to Earth. The large flexible sheet can be folded tightly for launch and then spring out like a shuttlecock to radiate away heat energy in excess of a thousand degrees. Pridwen is central to Space Forge's business model of flying a fleet of "mini factories" in orbit to manufacture high-value materials and components. The company is already thinking about expanding Pridwen technology to return material from the Moon and asteroids and even landing on Solar System bodies with an atmosphere.