Maxell to Begin Joint Research with JAXA on All-Solid-State Battery Technology

Selected for the “JAXA-STEPS”, aiming to reduce spacecraft weight and increase design flexibility by enabling high-temperature operation.

Maxell, Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Keiji Nakamura; hereinafter “Maxell”)
has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (“JAXA”) for its JAXA Space
Technologies Rapid Evaluation Program on Small Satellite (“JAXA-STEPS”), a space
technology demonstration acceleration program. Maxell has proposed a theme titled
“Development and Demonstration of High-Heat-Resistant All-Solid-State Batteries to
Maximize Spacecraft Missions” and has been selected for the program.
JAXA-STEPS is a program designed to drive and accelerate research and development of future
missions and technologies essential to both the public and private sectors by utilizing small
satellites to conduct rapid and timely demonstrations. Maxell and JAXA have now started joint
research on this theme, with the aim of achieving both “overall satellite weight reduction” and
“enhanced design flexibility” for small satellites by minimizing the amount of temperature
control equipment required.