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AstroForge

Southern California startup that wants to mine platinum-group metals from asteroids. Its first two spacecraft lost contact early on; a third, DeepSpace-2, is built and waiting for a rideshare toward a metal-rich asteroid.

Products, by altitude

Deep space · Beyond Mars

  • Retired

    Odin

    Probe sent to fly past a metal-rich asteroid

Low Earth orbit · 160–2,000 km

  • Retired

    Brokkr-1

    Small satellite meant to test refining metal in space

Known rounds

DateRoundAmountLed by
Aug 2024Series A$40MNova Threshold⁠1
May 2022Seed$13MInitialized Capital⁠2

Milestones

  • Jun 2026 AstroForge finished assembling DeepSpace-2, a 200 kg spacecraft slated to ride the Falcon 9 carrying Intuitive Machines' IM-3 lander. Company statement⁠3
  • Feb 2025 Odin, AstroForge's first deep-space probe, launched as a rideshare on Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Falcon 9 and ran into communication problems soon after separating.⁠4

Sources

  1. SpaceNewsAug 20, 2024
  2. TechCrunchMay 26, 2022
  3. PayloadJun 5, 2026
  4. Spaceflight NowFeb 28, 2025
  5. AstroForge website

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