Pale Blue's water thruster on a Sony nanosatellite is scheduled to be tested at the end of January.
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The satellite is also equipped with a Pale Blue water vapor propulsion system, which will be used for the company's first in-space demonstration of its water engine at the end of January. According to Pale Blue, the small thruster will prolong the satellite's lifetime by 2.5 years by helping it maintain its orbit. The company says that water-vapor propellant offers an environmentally friendly solution to the growing demand for small satellites with built-in thrusters.
"I am very pleased that our safe, sustainable and low-cost water thruster can contribute to this project, and we are committed to the development of the space industry," Jun Asakawa, CEO and co-founder of Pale Blue, said in aPale Blue was founded in 2020 and is developing a range of water-based propulsion systems building on research carried out by the Japanese space agency
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