[SatNews] ABSL Space Products has been selected by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Space Systems Company to design, fabricate, test, and deliver a test battery and quad-module Lithium-ion battery for the GeoEye-2 spacecraft over a 20-month contract period.

The batteries will build on ABSL’s CryoSat-2 satellite and Earth Observation System (THEOS) spacecraft battery heritage to provide critical power solutions to the GeoEye-2 satellite during all phases of mission operation. During GeoEye-2’s 7-year on-orbit mission, each ABSL battery will provide 28V bus power for eclipse operations as well as peak power imaging operations during it sun-synchronous orbit. It is projected there will be more than 38,000 cycles throughout the life of the mission. ABSL’s battery heritage technology is proven to produce the most reliable Lithium-ion batteries available for space flight with 70 spacecraft launched and over 29,000 cell years of space operation without failure.