PBH-100 Hall Effect Thruster
Pale Blue
Water-fed Hall effect thruster system for MicroSats, featuring proprietary Japanese microwave cathode technology for instant startup.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 10 kg
- Power
- 110 W
- Largest dimension
- 300 mm
- Thrust
- 0.005 N
- Total impulse
- 50,000 N·s
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Power
- 110 - 180 W
- Thrust
- 5 - 8 mN
- Total impulse
- > 50,000 Ns
- Wet mass
- < 10 kg
- Envelope
- 300 × 300 × 150 mm
- Communication interface
- RS-422
- Propellant
- Water (no high-pressure storage required)
- Cathode technology
- Proprietary microwave cathode (instant startup)
About
Pale Blue PBH-100 is a fully integrated water-propellant Hall effect thruster system targeting MicroSats. It features Pale Blue’s highly reliable proprietary Japanese microwave cathode technology, which eliminates the typical startup delay of conventional Hall thrusters for small satellites, delivering instant, high-efficiency propulsion. The system is configurable and includes the thruster head, fluidics, power processing unit (PPU), and propellant tank; the propellant is preloaded at the factory to simplify integration. With 5–8 mN of thrust at 110–180 W and over 50,000 Ns of total impulse, PBH-100 addresses MicroSat missions requiring sustained high-delta-V capability.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.