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An orbital furnace reaches 1,000°C to grow crystals

development2026-01-01

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Space Forge switched on the furnace of a microwave-sized orbital factory at 1,000°C, capable of growing semiconductor crystals four thousand times purer than terrestrial ones.

Reported metric: 4,000x purity

Reporting date: 2026-01-01 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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An orbital furnace reaches 1,000°C to grow crystals
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Reporting date: 2026-01-01
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-01-space-forge-orbital-furnace
Claim: Space Forge switched on the furnace of a microwave-sized orbital factory at 1,000°C, capable of growing semiconductor crystals four thousand times purer than terrestrial ones.
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- Welcome to 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-2026
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