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Cardiff startup just switched on the first orbital semiconductor factory — and it works
Original: Space Forge generates plasma for LEO semiconductor material production
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SpaceNews covers Space Forge's ForgeStar-1 plasma milestone. Focuses on the materials ambition: GaN, SiC, AlN, diamond — wide-bandgap semiconductors constrained by Earth's gravity-induced defect formation. Space Forge plans to combine orbital crystal growth with terrestrial scaling at Swansea University's Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials. ForgeStar-2 (with Pridwen return heatshield) will be the first to bring materials back.