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News Release from: Saft Lithium Battery Division | Subject: Li-ion batteries
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 18 August 2004
Lithium-ion batteries lighten satellite
payload
The launch on 4th August of Hispasat's Amazonas satellite signalled a continuing revolution in geostationary satellite power.
The launch on 4th August of Hispasat's Amazonas satellite signalled a continuing revolution in geostationary satellite power Amazonas is the second communications spacecraft launched in the world equipped with a highly efficient lithium-ion battery
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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