EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, an EaglePicher company and a leading producer of batteries and energetic devices for the defense, space and commercial industries, today announced it has shipped its first two orders for lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries to Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC). The 18-cell Li-Ion batteries will be used for communications satellites.
"We have a long-term agreement with OSC to design, test and manufacture lithium-ion batteries," said Steve Westfall, president of EaglePicher Technologies. "These shipments mark the first two of several flight programs for which we will provide OSC with batteries."
The batteries utilize GS-Yuasa LSE 100 Ah cells, including bypass switches and redundant cell heaters. EaglePicher qualified both the LSE 100 Ah cell and Ah battery.
For more than 25 years, EaglePicher Technologies has supplied the highest quality and reliability in battery technology for the space and defense industries. Its batteries have produced more than 1.2 billion hours of cell operation in space with 100 percent mission success.
Li-Ion, a new generation of battery technology, provides higher energy levels and longer cycle life at a low weight and in smaller volumes than lead-acid, nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd), or nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries.
