GS Yuasa Lithium Power Completes Qualification of a Scalable Lithium Ion Battery for Spacecraft

摘要

GS Yuasa Lithium Power (GYLP), the US subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp., has released a space-qualified lithium ion battery based on the existing LSE190 cell manufactured by GS Yuasa Technology (GYT) in Kyoto, Japan. A 12-cell configuration of the MA190 battery module successfully completed qualification testing including shock, sine and random vibration, and thermal vacuum testing. The MA190 can be assembled to contain 6 to 12 LSE190 cells per module with flexibility to connect cells in parallel. For qualification, a 12-cell module was tested because its thermal behavior and environmental tolerance envelopes those of smaller module configurations.