Brokkr-1 is a 6U CubeSat built by AstroForge in conjunction with Bastrop to demonstrate the technologies needed for mining on asteroids.
| Name of Satellite | Brokkr-1 (OrbAstro-AF-1) |
| Purpose | Technology Development |
| Contractor | OrbAstro |
| Country of Contractor | UK |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 10 |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Perigee (km) | 498 |
| Date of Launch | 15.04.2023 |
| Launch Site | Vandeberg AFB |
| Launch Vehicle | Falcon 9 |
| COSPAR Number | 2023-054B |
| NORAD Number | 56179 |
The Brokkr-1 refinery demonstration mission successfully launched on April 15, 2023 in order to test the full-system AstroForge engineering team, flight tests of critical subsystems in preparation for a deep space launch and, finally, the extraction of platinum from an asteroid simulator.
