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A British production satellite was successfully included in the orbit during its first test mission.

The Startup Space Forge, based in Cardiff, started on Tuesday. The Sondgestar-1-AN The Transporter 14 puzzle mission of Vandenberg Space Force in California started the Sonde-As Forumnberg Space Force Base in California.

The start markings the first time when Great Britain sent a spaceship into the orbit to produce new materials under the unique room conditions according to the startup.

Joshua Western, CEO and co -founder of Space Forge, welcomed it to the beginning of a “new era” for materials science and industry.

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“We built the first British satellite in Great Britain and launched, and it lives in orbit, which is a massive technical performance,” he said. “Now we are taking the next step: proof that we can create the right environment for production in space.”

The satellite in the size of the oven uses the room conditions to produce “super materials” that are supposedly impossible to make on earth.

Western recently compared the technology to a small but effective basis with a sourdough starter to grow something much bigger.

“Our satellites use the zero limit, ultra-cold, vacuum area to produce tiny crystals of higher quality than could ever be done otherwise,” he told TNW in April.

After returning to earth, the crystal “seeds” can be used to breed larger crystals that form the basis for ultra -efficient computer chips that can do everything from data centers to telecommunications networks.

Space Forge claims that these semiconductors could halve the time required for the fee of an EV. The technology could also be used to produce new metal alloys or medicines.

At least that's the idea. Space Forge has not yet produced any materials in space and has patiently built Forgestar-1 in the past four years to validate the technology.

The company was suspended in 2023 when its first satellite was lost after the satellite thrower of Virgin Orbit experienced an anomaly and missed the orbitdestroy the payload.

Now that his first satellite is in orbit, the company hopes to produce its first materials in space. However, the demand 1 satellite is deliberately burned in the earth's atmosphere after completing its experiments, since the company has not yet secured the necessary certification to bring it back to earth, said Western.

Nevertheless, the company found that the burning showed that the satellite, even if the re -entry system failed, would completely dissolve. The mission will also provide critical test data, telemetry and validation, which are required to support future missions in the area of ​​production in the room.

The next satellite of Space Forge, Forestar-2, is designed in such a way that they manufacture materials in space and return them safely to earth. The startup Recently secured $ 30 million In a financing round listed by NATO Innovation Fund to accelerate his development.