EBC Rad-Hard External Battery Charger
Argotec Srl
Radiation-hardened external battery charger that automates microsatellite battery management during long cruise phases to the Moon, Mars or asteroids.
Technical specifications
- Type
- External Battery Charger (EBC), rad-hard
- Function
- Automated battery management during long cruise phases
- Target destinations
- Remote locations such as the Moon, Mars and asteroids
- Integration
- Safe integration with a mothercraft, with fault isolation
- Embedded functions
- Battery charge regulation; thermal control off-loading in survival and operative (charging) conditions
- Numeric specifications
- Not published by the vendor; technical sheet released only on request via contact form
About
EBC is Argotec’s rad-hard External Battery Charger for microsatellites.
EBC automates battery management for microsatellites during long cruise phases to remote locations such as the Moon, Mars and asteroids. It allows easy and safe integration with a mothercraft, guaranteeing fault isolation, embedding battery charge regulation, and off-loading thermal control in both survival and operative conditions during charge.
It belongs to Argotec’s subsystem line, which the company describes as optimized for peak performance in both deep space and LEO.
Note on data: Argotec does not publish numeric specifications for this unit on its website. The technical sheet is released only after submitting a contact form, so no specification table is reproduced here.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.