ROGUE SPACE SYSTEMS CORP — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF21S-TCSO1
ROGUE SPACE SYSTEMS CORP — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I STTR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
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- Obligated amount $250,000. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $250,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF21S-TCSO1
- Solicitation
- X21.S
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NH
- Period
- 2022-09-07 → 2023-02-07
Description
Space debris is a growing, serious problem for any operation in space. It is estimated that there are 500,000 pieces of space debris the size of 1 cm or larger and up to 100 million pieces mm in size. Most of these debris pieces are unknown because they are undetectable using current methods such as ground based LIDAR. Precursor solitons are a type of non-linear plasma wave that are excited by fast moving charged objects such as dust or space debris. We propose to use precursor solitons to mitigate the damage from small sized space debris. Our technology seeks to catalog space debris by size, shape, and velocity using precursor solitons.