CubeSat Battery Packs (1P8S, 2P8S, IP8S)
Blue Canyon Technologies
Li-ion battery packs for 3U-16U CubeSat buses (1P8S, 2P8S, IP8S), part of BCT's XB power subsystem.
Technical specifications
- 1P8S
- 1 string × 8 Li-ion cells in series
- 2P8S
- 2 strings × 8 Li-ion cells; ~2× energy of 1P8S
- IP8S
- Integrated pack variant
- Chemistry
- Li-ion
- Compatible buses
- BCT XB3, XB6, XB12, XB16 (XB1 avionics stack)
- Mission life
- 5-year design life baseline
- Applications
- LEO, GEO, cislunar, deep space
About
BCT offers three Li-ion battery configurations for the XB CubeSat bus series: 1P8S (single string, 8 cells in series), 2P8S (two strings, 16 cells providing roughly double the energy), and IP8S (integrated pack). These battery units are designed as drop-in components for the XB1 avionics stack and are also available as standalone components for third-party integrators. All configurations are designed for LEO, GEO, cislunar and deep-space mission profiles with BCT’s standard 5-year design life baseline.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
