Category: Power Systems

All spacecraft use batteries. They’re used, for instance, at the beginning of a mission to power everything until solar panels and nuclear devices are started. In this article, we’ll talk about the different types and then talk a bit about how to size your battery system.

Power systems are the power sources (like solar panels), power storage (like lithium-ion batteries), and power distribution (like cables). Those three things can get surprisingly complex and everyone loves a good power engineer.