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News Release from: Saft Lithium Battery Division | Subject: VES140S cells
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 August 2006

Lithium cells back up French military
comms

France's Syracuse 3B secure military telecomms GEO satellite relies on backup power provided by Saft Li-ion battery technology.

France's Syracuse 3B secure military telecommunications GEO (geosynchronous) satellite, launched on 11th August from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, relies on backup power provided by Saft Li-ion battery technology The Saft rechargeable Li-ion battery systems were installed by Alcatel Alenia Space, the prime contractor for Syracuse III, to ensure continuous operation when the satellite's solar panels are eclipsed by the Earth