{"id":2279,"date":"2025-12-18T14:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/pale-blue-to-demonstrate-hall-thruster-technology-with-axelspace-in-2027\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:54:06","slug":"pale-blue-to-demonstrate-hall-thruster-technology-with-axelspace-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/pale-blue-to-demonstrate-hall-thruster-technology-with-axelspace-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Pale Blue to Demonstrate Hall Thruster Technology with Axelspace in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pale Blue<\/strong> will conduct an in-orbit demonstration of its Hall thruster in 2027. The company has signed a demonstration contract with Axelspace Corporation (Axelspace)<\/strong>, which provides in-orbit demonstration services.<\/p>\n

Pale Blue will perform an in-orbit demonstration of its instantly ignitable compact Hall thruster, the \u201cPBH-100,\u201d in 2027. The \u201cPBH-100\u201d is a thruster designed for 50-200kg class satellites that achieves an optimal balance of high thrust and high specific impulse. Its key feature is a significantly reduced startup time compared to conventional small satellite Hall thrusters, maximizing the operation time for the satellite\u2019s mission equipment.<\/p>\n

Axelspace<\/strong> provides end-to-end support for the in-orbit demonstration of space components through its \u201cAxelLiner Laboratory\u201d<\/em> service, utilizing versatile microsatellite bus technology to cover everything from integrating demonstration equipment and providing launch opportunities to offering operational assistance. Pale Blue will utilize Axelspace\u2019s service and conduct the in-orbit validation by integrating the \u201cPBH-100\u201d onto a microsatellite developed by Axelspace.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: What is a Hall Effect Thruster?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Pale Blue has been involved in the development and manufacturing of thrusters for micro satellites built by Axelspace. The companies have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at enhancing future collaboration.<\/p>\n

Comment from Yuya Nakamura<\/strong>, President and CEO of Axelspacem – “We are delighted to announce our agreement with Pale Blue to perform the critical in-orbit demonstration of their compact Hall thruster, executing this technology validation utilizing our proprietary AxelLiner Laboratory platform. By facilitating the rapid path to orbit and offering our extensive expertise\u2014derived from our own experience as a satellite component user\u2014we are actively supporting Pale Blue\u2019s efforts to accelerate their global business expansion.”<\/p>\n

Comment from Jun Asakawa<\/strong>, Co-Founder and CEO of Pale Blue – “We are deeply honoured to have signed a demonstration contract with Axelspace for the 2027 in-orbit demonstration of our compact Hall thruster, \u201cPBH-100.\u201d We will validate the product\u2019s key features\u2014high thrust, high specific impulse, and rapid startup performance\u2014in space. Through this demonstration, we aim to further deepen the strong partnership we have built with Axelspace through the development and manufacturing of propulsion systems, and contribute to the expansion of the small satellite market.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pale Blue will conduct an in-orbit demonstration of its Hall thruster in 2027. The company has signed a demonstration contract with Axelspace Corporation (Axelspace), which provides in-orbit demonstration services. Pale Blue will perform an in-orbit demonstration of its instantly ignitable compact Hall thruster, the \u201cPBH-100,\u201d in 2027. The \u201cPBH-100\u201d is a thruster designed for 50-200kg […]<\/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":[72,25,49,20,36],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-global","tag-launch","tag-propulsion-systems","tag-satellite","tag-thrusters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279"}],"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=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}