ForgeStar
Space Forge Limited
The ForgeStar is a satellite platform designed to support materials growth operations and biological/pharmaceutical payloads in a clean, stable space environment.
Technical specifications
- Function
- Reusable in-space manufacturing and return platform
- Payload
- Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) semiconductor growth reactor
- Recovery method
- Pridwen non-ablative reentry heat shield
- Flight heritage
- ForgeStar-0 (2023, launch failure); ForgeStar-1 (June 2025, operated CVD payload 'Lucy' in orbit)
About
The ForgeStar platform is a versatile satellite designed to support a wide scope of materials growth operations in space. It is capable of accommodating biological and pharmaceutical payloads, providing a clean and stable environment for experiments by taking humans out of the loop. A key feature of the ForgeStar is its high degree of maneuverability, coupled with responsive and flexible return from space capabilities, making it suitable for agile space control applications.
Documentation
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