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Press Release
1 Jul
2024

NATO Innovation Fund makes first investments to secure the future of the Alliance’s 1 billion citizens

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - The NATO Innovation Fund announced today its first deep tech investments to address challenges in defence, security and resilience. These initial equity investments made by the €1 billion Fund will help advance innovation in novel materials and manufacturing, AI and robotics.

News
6 Jun
2024

Space Forge Environmental Impact FAQs

An overview of Space Forge’s approach to future Carbon Dioxide reduction in Earth’s atmosphere and responses to our FAQs. As a company, we intend to exploit the unique environment found in low orbit around the Earth to create new and improved supermaterials that can directly benefit life on the ground.

News
7 Mar
2024

Space Forge’s US expansion is a step closer to a new revolution

As an innovative company on a mission to make space work for humanity across the globe, Space Forge’s expansion into the US is a key strategic move that could propel us to global success. As newly appointed Director of Strategy and Innovation at Space Forge US, here’s my take on a new space revolution.

News
10 Jan
2024

(R)evolutionising national security, one semiconductor at a time

National security is shared security. And shared economic prosperity. With the global semiconductor (chips) industry anticipated to grow to $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, our novel in-space manufacturing tech is well positioned to help the UK claim a substantial stake through the production of hyper-efficient chips.

News
18 Dec
2023

Forging a path to space, and back again

The potential for space-made materials is infinite. The global semiconductor industry alone will grow to $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, and Space Forge is here to lead the charge in harnessing the space environment for the betterment of our planet.

Press Release
23 Nov
2023

Space Forge Secures £7.9 Million UK Space Agency Funding to Build Pioneering National Microgravity Research Centre

Cardiff-based scale-up Space Forge, which is pioneering space-based advanced materials manufacturing and return technology, has been awarded almost £8 million from the Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF) administered by the UK Space Agency.

News
10 Oct
2023

We spoke with Radu Tudorache who’s part of our Systems Engineering team here at Space Forge

He is a fantastic member of the team with an amazing background. His big ideas and dedication to make anything he puts his mind to happen is an asset to the team at Space Forge - his background as an entrepreneur is how he got the job after all! Read on to find out more about his business and how it led him to join Space Forge.

News
5 Oct
2023

An interview with Oliver Turner: From Exoplanets to Satellite Landings

This World Space Week, we are going to be focusing on some of the fantastic talent within Space Forge. If we want to do amazing things, we have to have amazing people, and many members of our team have an entrepreneurial streak - developing their own research and even companies.

News
4 Oct
2023

It’s World Space Week!

It’s World Space Week! How better to celebrate the theme of entrepreneurship than with an interview with our CEO and Co-founder, Joshua Western. Read on as Josh discusses Space Forge and what advice he would give to budding entrepreneurs in the field. 

Press Release
12 Sep
2023

Northrop Grumman UK and Space Forge to explore in-space manufacturing

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Space Forge, a British space company headquartered in Cardiff, have signed a collaboration agreement to explore future space-based manufacturing focused on semiconductor development that can enhance the value of multiple ground-to-space operations.

Press Release
22 May
2023

Space Forge enables reusable satellites as it announces revolutionary new way of returning from Space to Earth

Space Forge reveals their patent protected design of a planet-friendly reusable reentry system, which will enable the low cost and reliable return of satellites to Earth.

Press Release
19 Apr
2023

U.K.’s Space Forge Announces Plans to Launch U.S. Manufacturing Operations

U.K.-based Space Forge Ltd., which is pioneering space-based super materials manufacturing, announced today it is launching operations in the United States.

Press Release
19 Apr
2023

Space Forge expands into the US market and signs groundbreaking agreement with Southern Launch

Cardiff-based Space Forge, a pioneer in space-based super material manufacturing, is going global. The company has announced the launch of operations in the US, where it will establish a manufacturing headquarters for vehicles and payloads.

Press Release
23 Dec
2022

Wales’ first satellite awarded licence: ready to take the next steps in making space work for humanity

Wales’ first satellite, the ForgeStar-0, has been awarded a satellite licence by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The satellite is now ready to be launched as part of the historic ‘Start Me Up’ mission.

Press Release
18 Oct
2022

ForgeStar-0, Wales’ first satellite, is ready for launch

Cardiff-based startup Space Forge, who are creating the world’s first returnable and reusable satellite platform, have successfully integrated Wales’ first satellite - and are now ready for the first orbital launch from UK soil, due to take place this November with Virgin Orbit from Spaceport Cornwall.

Press Release
1 Jul
2022

New tech to reduce satellite collisions to be trialled on UK first launch

Space Forge, who are creating the world’s first returnable and reusable satellite platform, partner with high-precision Space Situational Awareness (SSA) company, Lumi Space for the first launch of their satellite platform this summer. 

Press Release
9 Mar
2022

UK’s first returnable satellite launch one step closer with opening of Space Forge’s new facilities

Cardiff-based startup, Space Forge have taken the next step towards delivering their first launch and return of world first technologies, due to take place in 2022, with the opening of their new facilities.

Press Release
9 Mar
2022

Virgin Orbit to launch first Welsh satellite from UK Spaceport

Leading launch company Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) and European in-space manufacturing tech start-up Space Forge announce today an agreement to launch the first satellite developed in Wales in summer 2022. 

Press Release
5 Dec
2021

Space Forge - Europe's fastest growing space tech startup - raises record-breaking $10.2M seed round

Space Forge has closed Europe’s largest ever seed round for a space tech company; raising $10.2 million

Press Releases
27 Sep
2021

Return from space just got a lot easier: world-first technologies awarded €2m ESA funding for ‘microgravity as a service’

Space Forge is developing a world-first service incorporating both launch and return of a new small class of vehicle; a returnable satellite - the ForgeStar.

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