The force requires to maintain an object at constant velocity in free space is equal to?

Take a look back at Newton's first law of motion.

It says something like

"Inertia is that property of matter by which it tends to

remain in constant, uniform motion until acted on by

an external force."

There you are. No external force = = = > constant, uniform motion.

The net force required to maintain constant velocity is zero.

(Completely opposite to everything we have ever seen in

everyday life ... where a moving object with no force on it

always stops moving.)