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AstroForge x SpaceX (Transporter-7)
AstroForge's first spacecraft, Brokkr-1, launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 Transporter-7 rideshare mission on April 15, 2023, to low Earth orbit. SpaceX provided the launch vehicle and rideshare integration for the 6U cubesat.
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- Status
- Concludedoperating
- Announced
- 2023-01-303.6 years ago
- Active for
- 3.6 years
Who’s involved
Huntington Beach, California-based asteroid mining company developing spacecraft to extract and refine platinum-group metals (PGMs) from near-Earth M-type asteroids. Founded in 2022 by Matt Gialich and Jose Acain, AstroForge aims to become the first commercial entity to mine asteroids, targeting precious metals used in AI, electric vehicles, and medicine. The company has launched two demonstration missions (Brokkr-1 and Odin) and is preparing its third mission (DeepSpace-2/Vestri) to land on a [Target](/companies/target) asteroid.
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SpaceX is Elon Musk's aerospace company developing reusable rockets (Falcon 9, [Starship](/companies/starship)), satellite internet (Starlink), and autonomous spacecraft. Completed blockbuster IPO in June 2026, now valued at ~$1.6 trillion. Starlink provides connectivity infrastructure for autonomous vehicles and robots.
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