SpaceWERX Orbital Prime
Funds U.S. small businesses developing on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing technologies through SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR contracts.
SpaceWERX Orbital Prime is a focused cohort program run by SpaceWERX — the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force — under its SBIR/STTR contracting authority. Orbital Prime targeted the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) market, using Active Debris Remediation (ADR) as the primary technology use case. The program reached Alumni (closed) status after completing its main contract…
On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) and Active Debris Remediation (ADR): Resident Space Object approach, rendezvous proximity operations, RSO acquisition and docking, RSO servicing (repair, repositioning, refueling, deorbiting, reuse, recycling), and space logistics.
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