Advanced Materials & Semiconductors
Some materials can be made with fewer defects in microgravity or under the natural vacuum of space. If launch and return costs keep falling, orbital production could become economically attractive for high-value semiconductor materials and optical products. This category tracks companies trying to prove that manufacturing advantage at commercial scale.
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- Astral Materials
Astral Materials develops microgravity crystal growth hardware to manufacture higher quality semiconductor materials in space.
- Besxar
Besxar builds reusable space hardware to manufacture advanced semiconductor materials off world, using vacuum and other space conditions to improve substrate and thin film quality.
- Flawless Photonics
Flawless Photonics manufactures ZBLAN optical fiber and related photonics products in microgravity, using space conditions to reduce defects and improve optical performance.
- Space Forge
Space Forge builds returnable satellites and space manufacturing systems that make advanced materials in microgravity and bring them back to Earth.
- United Semiconductors LLC
United Semiconductors LLC makes III V semiconductor substrates and crystal growth materials, including wafers for researchers and advanced electronics, and is also pursuing microgravity based…