SPACE INDEX COMPANIES INSIGHTS SECTORS PRODUCTS NEWS BLOG ANSWERS RESEARCH ABOUT FOR COMPANIES BUILD / 2026.06.03
AstroForge logo AstroForge Develops spacecraft and in-situ refining technology to extract and process platinum group metals from metallic near-Earth asteroids. vs JAXA Japan's national space agency conducting launch operations, satellite development, Earth observation, asteroid exploration, and human spaceflight research JAXA logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD1 shared sector
AstroForge JAXA
Founded 2022 2003
Headquarters Seal Beach, California, USA Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
Type private government
Status operating operating
Employees 68
Total funding $53.2M
Latest round Series A
Sectors Space Resources & Mining, Planetary Exploration Launch Services, Earth Observation & Remote Sensing, Planetary Exploration
Products listed 3 42
Federal contracts
Launches
Leaders listed Matt Gialich, Jose Acain, Robyn Ringuette Hiroshi Yamakawa, Sonoko Watanabe, Masashi Okada
News mentions 0 0
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How do AstroForge and JAXA compare?

Both companies work in Planetary Exploration. AstroForge was founded in 2022 and JAXA in 2003.

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.