PBR-10
Overview
PBR-10 (water-based resistojet thruster) is a low pressure (<60 kPa) propulsion system with a scalable water tank and a redundant flow control system with a fail-safe valve. The thruster unit is modular and it is possible to expand the overall system by clustering multiple units and scaling the propellant tank as needed. The limits of such clustering or scaling are determined by the mass, volume or power of a spacecraft.
The individual units provide a total impulse of >50 Ns and a specific impulse of >55 s, with a thrust of 1 mN. The first model was demonstrated aboard a 3U ISS-deployed CubeSat in 2019 and two flight model thrusters are to be delivered in 2021 and launched by SLS and Falcon-9, respectively. The thruster operated in low earth orbit in March 2023 on board Sony "EYE" satellite.
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Overview
- Name
- PBR-10
- Vendor
- Pale Blue
- Subsystem
- Propulsion Subsystem
- Component Type
- Electric Propulsion System
- Form Factor
- CubeSat
- Heritage
- Yes
Vendor Details
- Name
- Pale Blue
- Website
- https://pale-blue.co.jp/
- Founded
- 2020
- Summary
- Pale Blue is a space startup from the University of Tokyo founded in 2020. The company is dedicated to thrusters innovation for small satellites that use water as a propellant. Through its water-based propulsion technology, Pale Blue aims to develop a space ecosystem where in-space mobility is not only affordable but completely safe to both humans and the surrounding environment.
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Specifications
- Subsystem
- Propulsion Subsystem
- Component Type
- Electric Propulsion System
- Form Factor
- CubeSat
- Vendor
- Pale Blue
- Dry Mass
- 0.5 kg
- Average Power
- 6.8 W
- Heritage
- Yes
- Status
- In Production
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