All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Pale Blue will develop and demonstrate a water-based hall-effect thruster by fiscal 2027.
The SBIR-3 grant to Pale Blue is worth up to USD 27 million (JPY 4 billion).
Pale Blue will develop and demonstrate a miniaturized water-based ion thruster by fiscal 2027.
Pale Blue was awarded a grant by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) under the SBIR-3 program to develop and demonstrate space debris mitigation technology.
The first phase of Pale Blue’s SBIR-3 grant totals USD 8.7 million (JPY 1.3 billion).
The first phase of Pale Blue’s SBIR-3 grant totals $8,700,000 (JPY 1.3 billion).
The SBIR-3 grant awarded to Pale Blue is worth up to $27,000,000 (JPY 4 billion).
Pale Blue Inc. has been awarded a grant by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under the SBIR-3 program to develop and demonstrate key technology for space debris mitigation.
Pale Blue is a space technology company spun out from the University of Tokyo in 2020.
The SBIR-3 grant to Pale Blue will enable development and demonstration of a miniaturized, water-based ion thruster and a water-based hall-effect thruster by fiscal 2027.
Pale Blue will develop a water-based miniaturized ion thruster targeting 10 to 100 kg class satellites.
Pale Blue will develop a water-based hall-effect thruster targeting 100 to 500 kg class satellites.
Under a multiphase Japanese government grant announced 2024-02-06, Pale Blue aims to develop water-plasma propulsion for spacecraft up to 500 kg.
Pale Blue announced $7,500,000 in funding in October to start producing Resistojet thrusters at scale for customers that include Yonsei University.
Pale Blue tested its Resistojet thruster in orbit for the first time in March 2023 using jets of steam to move a 6U cubesat called Star Sphere.
Pale Blue started work on setting up a 2,000-square-meter factory to produce Resistojet thrusters sized for satellites weighing less than 10 kg.
Japan awarded Tokyo-based small satellite thruster developer Pale Blue a grant worth up to $27,000,000 to upgrade its water-based propulsion technology for larger spacecraft.
Pale Blue’s steam-based PBR-10 and PBR-20 thrusters were demonstrated in orbit in March 2023.
Pale Blue signed an individual contract with TOKYO KEIKI to collaborate on propulsion system development.
Pale Blue Inc. signed a contract with TOKYO KEIKI INC. to manufacture and assemble hardware subsystems of its prototype mass-production propulsion system.