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Signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with EBARA CORPORATION. Aiming to develop a rocket engine using an electric pump developed by the company.

September 27th, 2024 by admin_innovative

INNOVATIVE SPACE CARRIER INC.(CHUO-KU, TOKYO; CEO; KOJIRO HATADA, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS "ISC") IS "A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE AND CARGO ARE DELIVERED EVERY DAY. WE ARE A START-UP COMPANY THAT AIMS TO REALIZE A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT MAKES SPACE POSSIBLE, WITH THE VISION OF "MAKING SUCH THINGS POSSIBLE IN SPACE. ( REUSABLE) IS A START-UP COMPANY THAT AIMS TO REALIZE A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT MAKES SPACE POSSIBLE.

("EBARA") on Wednesday, August 21, and have agreed to jointly develop a rocket engine using an electric pump developed by the company.

About the electric pumps developed by EBARA

SINCE THE EARLY 2000S, EBARA HAS BEEN SUPPORTING JAXA'S ENGINE TURBOPUMP IMPROVEMENTS BY UTILIZING ITS ROTARY MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY. WITH THE MISSION OF "TAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND SPACE FOR GRANTED," EBARA HAS BEEN DEVELOPING PUMPS FOR ROCKET ENGINES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REALIZATION OF LOW-COST MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO SPACE BY UTILIZING THIS KNOWLEDGE.

The pumps developed by EBARA for rocket engines use an electric motor as the driving machine. To enhance the performance of rocket engines, turbo pumps are required to boost the pressure of combustants and oxidizers, but using electric drive improves maintainability and ease of handling, making it possible to build rocket systems that are highly compatible with reusable rockets.

Development of Rocket Engine with Electric Pump for High Frequency Transport

ISC HAS PAID ATTENTION TO EBARA'S ELECTRIC PUMP TECHNOLOGY AND DECIDED TO JOINTLY DEVELOP A ROCKET ENGINE UTILIZING THIS PUMP. ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES WHEN CONSIDERING REUSABLE ROCKET SYSTEMS ARE THE THRUST ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION DURING LANDING AND MAINTAINABILITY TO WITHSTAND REPEATED USE, AND ELECTRIC PUMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. ISC, IN COLLABORATION WITH EBARA CORPORATION, WILL MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IN JAPAN.

Through their collaboration, the two parties will conduct a ground firing test of the rocket engine, aiming to bring it up to a level that will enable them to conduct a technical demonstration to inject a satellite into Earth orbit by March 2028.

Innovative Space Carrier Inc.  CEOKojiro Hatada, President Comment

Although we are a venture company founded in May 2022, we are currently collaborating with over 40 companies, organizations, and research institutes in Japan.

Collaboration with a company with a proven track record is key to achieving high-frequency space transportation by reusable launch vehicles at an early date. In particular, the turbo-pump technology for guidance control for landing and maintainability for repeated use has been a very difficult challenge, and the collaboration with EBARA Corporation, which has a long track record in the development of pump mechanisms and rotating mechanisms, is a big leap forward for us.

We will work with partners with cutting-edge knowledge and humbly learn from them to dramatically increase the speed of development, establish space transportation technology that can compete globally, and grow Japan's space industry!

■ Innovative Space Carrier Inc. Company Profile

Corporate name Innovative Space Carrier Inc.
English name Innovative Space Carrier Inc.
Representative CEOKojiro Hatada
Head office address 1-4-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Date of establishment May 2, 2022
Total funding 860,000,000 yen
Business description Planning study for commercialization of innovative space transportation system
URL https:// innovative-space-carrier.co.jp/

■ EBARA CORPORATION Company Profile
Corporate Name: EBARA CORPORATION
English Name: EBARA CORPORATION
Representative: Masao Asami, Director, President, CEO & COO
Head Office: 11-1, Haneda Asahi-cho, Ota-ku, Tokyo
Business Activities Major Products: Pumps, Chillers, Blowers, Compressors & Turbines, Municipal Waste Incineration Plants Municipal waste incineration plants, industrial waste incineration plants, vacuum pumps, CMP equipment, waste gas treatment equipment, plating equipment
URL https://www.ebara.co.jp/

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