{"id":8900,"date":"2023-02-02T00:20:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astroforge-partners-with-orbastro-to-fly-spacecraft-into-deep-space-for-asteroid-survey-mission\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T00:20:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:20:57","slug":"astroforge-partners-with-orbastro-to-fly-spacecraft-into-deep-space-for-asteroid-survey-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astroforge-partners-with-orbastro-to-fly-spacecraft-into-deep-space-for-asteroid-survey-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"AstroForge Partners with OrbAstro to Fly Spacecraft Into Deep Space for Asteroid Survey Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AstroForge<\/p>\n

AstroForge, a California-based asteroid mining company, recently announced that it has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics (OrbAstro), a satellite and in-orbit service provider, to fly a 100 kg-class spacecraft into deep space for an asteroid survey mission. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch in late 2023 with Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission serves as both a prospecting activity and a stepping stone towards AstroForge\u2019s ambitions for asteroid mining.<\/p>\n

The OrbAstro ORB-50 satellite platform (100 kg) will host an array of AstroForge payloads associated with assessing asteroids. The spacecraft will utilize a Lunar Slingshot and a Dawn Aerospace propulsion system for the 8-month transit to the asteroid, which is in a heliocentric orbit approximately 22 million miles from Earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a finite supply of precious metals on Earth, we have no other choice but to look to deep space to source cost-effective and sustainable materials,\u201d <\/em>said Matt Gialich<\/strong>, CEO and co-founder of AstroForge<\/strong>. \u201cAs we embark on our journey to preserve our planet\u2019s future, we\u2019re grateful to our technology partners like OrbAstro for helping us to become the most efficient, cost-effective asteroid mining solution in the world.\u201c<\/p>\n

Dr. Ash Dove-Jay<\/strong>, CEO and Founder of OrbAstro<\/strong>, said, \u201cDeep space has until now only been within the remit of governments.” This is the first fully commercial deep-space mission ever; it is a significant milestone for the space industry. “The calibre, speed, and ambition at AstroForge are inspiring, and it is fantastic to forge ahead on this journey together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Having recently moved into an 18,000-square-foot facility in south Oxfordshire, which is currently undergoing refurbishment for satellite batch production, OrbAstro is well-aligned with delivering a fleet of asteroid mining spacecraft over the coming years.<\/p>\n

Dove-Jay<\/strong>, \u201cBeyond being a provider of networks of satellites for various use-cases, a central facet of the OrbAstro roadmap is to deploy space assets over the course of this decade that slash down the difficulties associated with deep-space operations required by companies like AstroForge.” “The challenge of deep-space communications and simply knowing where you are and what time it is are major cost drivers for deep-space missions that we are working on addressing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

OrbAstro is a highly vertically integrated space technology company that has aligned its business model with providing and supporting large constellations of satellites. Having built all state-of-the-art subsystems and satellite platforms from the ground up, the company is able to compress costs and lead-times substantially. OrbAstro has more than two dozen commercial and government satellites scheduled for launch over the coming year, many of which are pilot missions for satellite constellations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AstroForge, a California-based asteroid mining company, recently announced that it has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics (OrbAstro), a satellite and in-orbit service provider, to fly a 100 kg-class spacecraft into deep space for an asteroid survey mission. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch in late 2023 with Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-8900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}