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Key highlights

In the extreme temperatures of space, batteries exposed to low temperatures can suffer from reduced capacity, diminished efficiency, and a significantly shortened operational life. To mitigate these risks, Zoppas Industries designs flexible heaters to apply heat selectively within the battery pack, ensuring accurate temperature regulation in critical areas.

By visiting the Zoppas Industries Heating Element Technologies website, customers can use the configurator to find tailored, custom-made solutions.

Applications

Zoppas Industries flexible heaters for batteries are designed to target specific areas within the battery pack, allowing for localized and precise thermal regulation.

This targeted heating approach helps maintain consistent operating temperatures, reduces thermal stress, and enhances overall system safety.

Additionally, custom-engineered adhesives are applied to securely bond the heaters in place, even under the challenging conditions of launch and space operation.
This combination of advanced materials and precision engineering ensures the batteries function reliably throughout the mission, supporting critical power needs in satellites, spacecraft, and other space systems.

Key features

Customized shapes, dimensions, resistance and connections, high flexibility, thin and lightweight, easy installation, internal redoudancy, EMC/ESD controlled design

Customization

Customized shapes, dimensions, resistance and connections; possibility to add Aluminum backing and/or space-qualified PSA, dual choice on insulation materials (FEP or Acrylic), and redundancy (single or double circuits, single or double layer), possibility of modular shape and mounting for differential thermal control of the battery pack areas

Flight heritage

TRL 9, very long flight heritage (> 30 years)

Manufacturing

Etched foil technology under ESCC 4009 Generic Specification (since 1992)

Testing & qualification

ESCC 4009/0002 and 4009/0004

Export control

ITAR-free; NOT "Dual use": i.e. not included in Annex I of EU Regulation 2021/821 (Dual-Use Regulation) and any subsequent amendments and additions.

Distributors

N/A

Customers

ESA/JAXA programs: Ariel, Grace-C, Galileo, Lunar Pathfinder, Mars Sample Return, Plato

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Last updated: 2026-03-25