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Title: Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first missions this year
Post by: NewsHound on February 01, 2023, 03:55 PM
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first missions this year

WASHINGTON — A startup with plans to mine asteroids for metals says it will launch its first two missions this year, including one that will fly by a near Earth asteroid. AstroForge announced Jan. 24 that it will launch a cubesat into low Earth orbit in April to test its refinery technologies. That will be […]
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