Radioisotope Heating Unit

entX has identified unique attributes of various radioactive materials that are suited to delivering a controlled heat source to critical space applications. In these challenging environments of deep space and dark side lunar occupation, temperature drops below -250 degrees Celsius where critical electronics and battery systems cease to function. The entX RHU will provide the heat to keep these components alive and working across multiple lunar nights and on deep space missions.

RADIOISOTOPE
HEATING UNIT

entX has taken a space qualified design and leveraged an Australian sovereign supply chain to design, build, test and manufacture RHUs to solve equipment survivability limitations in harsh lunar applications.

The RHU safely harnesses heat produced from a radioactive isotope that is housed and shielded within a qualified exotic metal casing and a complex composite aeroshell.

This contains the radioactive particles yet transfers heat from the isotope to where it’s needed most. The outer aeroshell is designed to withstand the heat of re-entry and any damage from catastrophic mission failure.

entX will give mission operators the confidence to send equipment to the dark depths of the lunar surface and beyond knowing that -250°C is no longer a limitation. Operability that increases data processed and activity, optimizing the return on invested mission capital.