# AstroForge x Intuitive Machines (Rideshare): partnership

Canonical ID: `36afe975-e16b-47ce-922d-d93fb4655263`

AstroForge's Odin spacecraft launched as a rideshare payload on Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar mission (Feb 2025), and the upcoming DeepSpace-2/Vestri spacecraft is planned to launch on IM-3 in late 2026. Intuitive Machines provides the launch transport to deep space for AstroForge's asteroid missions.

- **Type:** deployment
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [AstroForge](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/astroforge.md) technology provider
- [Intuitive Machines](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/intuitive-machines.md) deployer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2023-12-11

## Sources (1)

1. https://spacenews.com/astroforge-raises-40-million/


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