Tag: Semiconductors

  • Besxar Space Flies Semiconductor Fabships on Falcon 9

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    Does Besxar Space’s Falcon 9 Semiconductor Test Mark a New In-Space Manufacturing Model? A Washington, D.C.-based startup is using the sub-orbital arc of a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster — not orbital insertion — as its first manufacturing platform. Two Clipper Class Fabships from Besxar Space Industries flew on the Starlink 10-50 mission that lifted off…

  • UK Space Agency Awards Contracts to Advance In-Orbit Manufacturing

    UK Space Agency Awards Contracts to Advance In-Orbit Manufacturing

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    The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded contracts worth more than $1.1 million to three British companies to develop technologies for manufacturing products in microgravity, the agency said. The funding aims to accelerate research into producing advanced materials and medicines in space, where conditions such as microgravity and vacuum can yield higher-quality results than on…