Panasonic BR series cylindrical lithium batteries have low self-discharge characteristics, high resistance to environmental change, long life cycle, high reliability and safety.
Following boarding on the asteroid explorer Hayabusa which returned back to the earth on June 13, 2010, Panasonic BR series cylindrical lithium batteries were equipped in Hayabusa2 launched on December 3, 2014.
Until the capsule of Hayabusa2 returned back to the earth on Dec.6, 2020, Panasonic BR series cylindrical lithium batteries supported various missions in a spacecraft.
How Panasonic batteries supported missions
Power for a Small Carry-on
Impactor(SCI)
to blast a crator on the asteroid
Mission completed successfully in April, 2019 !
Power for a deployable camera
to film the SCI explosion
Mission completed successfully in April, 2019 !
Power for a flight-data
instrument
assisting with reentry
Mission completed successfully in Dec., 2020 !
Panasonic Cylindrical-type Lithium Batteries
Panasonic have a wide product line-up of Cylindrical-type Lithium Batteries to meet customers' needs.
Please feel free to ask for details.
Please see Lithium Batteries product page.
BR series
Cylindrical-type Lithium Batteries
Long storage life
Excellent long life at high temperatures
CR series
Cylindrical-type Lithium Batteries
(Long life type)
Long life batteries with superior discharge performance
Outstanding discharge performance at low temperatures
CR series
Cylindrical-type Lithium Batteries
(Standard type)
Excellent high-rate discharge performance
Available in the consumer market
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