New Concept Space Transportation

・Upper Stage Booster using Electric Propulsion
・Microwave Launcher
・Pulse Detonation Rocket System

Upper Stage Booster using Electric Propulsion

We've just started a low-cost and high-frequency upper-stage motor using an electric propulsion system for the purpose of small-scale interplanetary probes.

Microwave Launcher

Pulsed microwave initiated detonation will push a flying rocket in atmospheric condition. System design of such a system called as 'microwave rocket' is just started in our laboratory in collaboration with Tokyo University, which is the leading laboratory of the microwave rocket.

website of Microwave Rocket Team at the University of Tokyo：
http://www.kml.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/mwp/en/top.html

Pulse Detonation Rocket System

Fig. Pulse Detonation Rocket Experiment in Laboratory
(collaboration with Kasahara Lab. at Tsukuba Univ.)

In collaboration with University of Tsukuba, new concept engine called as 'pulse detonation rocket' is being developed. In 2015, the first demonstration of 200-N class small rocket based on pulse detonation engine will be launched in Japan.

website of Kasahara Laboratory at University of Tsukuba：
http://dt.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/kasahara/english.html

website of Matsuo Laboratory at Keio University：
http://www.matsuo.mech.keio.ac.jp/english/top/index.html