AstroForge
US company that states its goal is to extract platinum group metals from near-Earth asteroids. It has flown a low-Earth-orbit refinery demonstrator (Brokkr-1, 2023) whose refinery was never activated and a deep-space flyby spacecraft (Odin, 2025) that was lost within days of launch; its second deep-space spacecraft, DeepSpace-2, was in testing in September 2026 and it has not yet reached, prospected, or sampled any asteroid.
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Resources and evidence
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| Resource | Evidence | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Platinum-group metals | Claimed | says it will |
Facts
- Headquarters
- United States
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 2022
- Status
- Activeas of 2026-09-21. Company posts dated 3 June 2026 and 21 September 2026 on astroforge.com report DeepSpace-2 flight hardware assembly and an announced 2027 Autonomy-1 mission.
- Funding rounds
- 1 in this dataset. Most recent: 2022-05-26, USD 13,000,000 (press-reported amount) (details)Each amount is shown as its source states it and amounts are never added together. The count is of records, not a count of distinct rounds: separate notices may concern the same financing. Rounds still under review are not listed.
- Roles
- Prospecting, Processing / ISRU
- Targets
- Near-Earth asteroid
- Also known as
- Astroforge
- Website
- www.astroforge.com/
Missions
3 records| Mission | Role | Launch or landing | Phase | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brokkr-1Spacecraft | Operator | 2023-04-15 | Ended | Partial |
| OdinSpacecraft | Operator | 2025-02-26 | Ended | Failure |
| DeepSpace-2Spacecraft | Operator | Planned 2027 Q1 (target) | In development | Not applicable |
Dated events
Amounts are shown one at a time as each source states them. They are never added together.
- 2025-08-11
Safran to supply electric propulsion for AstroForge's Vestri mission
Safran Defense & Space announced it was selected by AstroForge to deliver two EPS X00 electric propulsion systems for the Vestri asteroid mission, then scheduled for early 2026.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
- [1]Safran DSI to Supply Electric Propulsion Systems for AstroForge's Upcoming Vestri Asteroid Mission
has been selected by AstroForge to manufacture and deliver two EPS
- Contract value not disclosed.
- Safran has no entity record; counterparty named in summary only.
- 2022-05-26
AstroForge $13 million seed round
TechCrunch reported on 2022-05-26 that AstroForge closed a $13 million seed round led by Initialized Capital, with the company saying it would fund its first two missions. Initialized separately announced its investment that day.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
the startup has closed a $13 million seed round
The seed round was led by Initialized Capital, with investments from Seven Seven Six, EarthRise, Aera VC, Liquid 2 and Soma.
One of our most recent investments, AstroForge, is a second-gen asteroid mining startup
- Company or filing confirmation of the full seed-round amount and terms; the reopened investor post confirms participation but not the round size.
Open evidence gaps
- Registry record (state of incorporation, legal name) not retrieved.
- Funding totals are company announcements reported by press; no filing located.
- Autonomy-1 (announced 21 Sept 2026, launch 2027 on Stoke Space Nova) carries a NASA heliophysics payload and has no stated resource objective, so it is not recorded as a mission here.
Sources
4 excerpts from 4 publicationsOne web address counts as one publication.
AstroForge is a deep-space mining company on a mission to extract valuable metals from asteroids
Last month, we assembled the major flight hardware of DeepSpace-2 on our integration floor for the first time.
Our next mission, DeepSpace-2, will fly Solo in shadow mode.
This is the company's second asteroid rendezvous attempt since its founding in 2022.
Cite this record
SpaceMiningData, “AstroForge”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/astroforge.html. Record checked 2026-10-31.