{"id":5076,"date":"2025-07-02T14:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/momentus-secures-contract-in-u-s-space-force-spacewerx-maneuver-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:29:26","slug":"momentus-secures-contract-in-u-s-space-force-spacewerx-maneuver-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/momentus-secures-contract-in-u-s-space-force-spacewerx-maneuver-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentus Secures Contract in U.S Space Force SpaceWERX Maneuver Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1751433532195_638870303331838428.png\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr fr-dib\" width=\"711\" height=\"376\" alt=\"Momentus Secures Contract in U.S Space Force SpaceWERX Maneuver Challenge\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1751433532195_638870303331838428.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1751433532195_638870303331838428.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"376\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Momentus<\/strong>, a U.S. commercial space company offering satellite buses and in-space infrastructure services, announced it has signed a $1.86M Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with <strong>SpaceWERX<\/strong>, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. The award supports the in-space flight demonstration of a novel, low-cost multi-spectral sensor suite for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO), scheduled for early 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under this contract, Momentus will demonstrate an internally developed RPO system equipped with optical, infrared, and lidar sensors. The technology integrates machine vision algorithms and advanced data fusion used to guide the safe and autonomous approach of a spacecraft to an uncharacterized object in low Earth orbit. \u201cThis contract marks a major milestone in advancing cost-effective, autonomous in-space operations,\u201d said <strong>John Rood<\/strong><strong>, Chief Executive Officer of Momentus<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019re honored to support the U.S. Space Force and Department of the Air Force in developing the advanced capabilities needed to support their plans for dynamic space operations such as orbital servicing and refueling of satellites, assembly of structures in space and debris mitigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What is Space Propulsion System?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The flight demonstration will take place aboard SpaceX\u2019s Transporter-16 rideshare mission, scheduled for launch no earlier than February 2026, where Momentus will host the RPO payload on its Vigoride orbital service vehicle. The demonstration will be conducted alongside a group of commercial and Department of Defense customers. The project stems from the SpaceWERX Sustained Space Maneuver Challenge launched in 2024, where Momentus\u2019 proposal was selected out of numerous challengers for a Direct to Phase II award following a competitive evaluation. Contract negotiations were concluded in early June 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company offering satellite buses and in-space infrastructure services, announced it has signed a $1.86M Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. The award supports the in-space flight demonstration of a novel, low-cost multi-spectral sensor suite for Rendezvous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,25,20,24],"class_list":["post-5076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-launch","tag-satellite","tag-satellite-bus-platforms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}