{"id":8785,"date":"2023-03-18T00:15:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/pale-blue-successfully-operates-its-water-vapor-propulsion-system-in-low-earth-orbit\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T00:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:15:34","slug":"pale-blue-successfully-operates-its-water-vapor-propulsion-system-in-low-earth-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/pale-blue-successfully-operates-its-water-vapor-propulsion-system-in-low-earth-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pale Blue Successfully Operates its Water Vapor Propulsion System in Low Earth Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/pale_C_638146282441529754.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Pale Blue Successfully Operates its Water Vapor Propulsion System in Low Earth Orbit\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/pale_C_638146282441529754.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/pale_C_638146282441529754.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Pale Blue succeeded in operating the water vapor propulsion system (resistojet) in low earth orbit. Pale Blue\u2019s propulsion system was installed on \u201cEYE,\u201d a nano-satellite for STAR SPHERE Project, and tested for the first time in space. Going forward, the company will innovate and expand the commercial use of its water-based propulsion systems for small satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Pale Blue\u2019s water-based propulsion system aboard \u201cEYE\u201d was launched by SpaceX on January 3rd, 2023, and has been currently orbiting earth in LEO. The propulsion system operated for approximately 2 minutes on March 3rd, 2023, and the company confirmed successful thrust from the obtained data.<\/p>\n<p>STAR SPHERE Project, led by Sony Group Corporation, is planning to roll out a space photography service in 2023. The satellite will use Pale Blue\u2019s thruster to enter the target orbit before the service launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPale Blue successfully developed and operated its water-based thruster, and with this, the company takes a huge step forward towards orbit insertion for STAR SPHERE Project,\u201d said Jun Asakawa, CEO and Co-Founder of Pale Blue. \u201cWe feel a strong significance in this project, which creates new values through the perspective of space and provides opportunities to learn about the Earth and its environment. We will continue technological innovation to create mobility capabilities that are core to the space industry and pioneer the expansion of human possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The product specifications of Pale Blue\u2019s water thruster aboard \u201cEYE\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2013 Size: 9.0cm x 12.1cm x 12.1cm<\/li>\n<li>\u2013 Wet mass: 1.4 kg<\/li>\n<li>\u2013 Power: 22 W (typical \/ ground testing)<\/li>\n<li>\u2013 Thrust: 5.6 mN (typical \/ ground testing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pale Blue succeeded in operating the water vapor propulsion system (resistojet) in low earth orbit. Pale Blue\u2019s propulsion system was installed on \u201cEYE,\u201d a nano-satellite for STAR SPHERE Project, and tested for the first time in space. Going forward, the company will innovate and expand the commercial use of its water-based propulsion systems for small [&hellip;]<\/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":[38,49,20,132],"class_list":["post-8785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-leo","tag-propulsion-systems","tag-satellite","tag-water-resistojet-thrusters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785"}],"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=8785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}