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Product category: Batteries and Chargers
News Release from: Saft Lithium Battery Division | Subject: VES 100 Li-ion cells
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 25 August 2006

Li-ion cells go into low Earth orbit

With the successful launching of the Franco-American satellite mission Calipso, Saft is the first supplier of rechargeable batteries Li-ion installed onboard a mini-satellite LEO (low Earth orbit).

With the successful launching of the Franco-American satellite mission Calipso on 28th April 2006, Saft is the first supplier of rechargeable batteries Li-ion installed onboard a mini-satellite LEO (low Earth orbit) Calipso's polar orbit is an extremely demanding application for the onboard batteries, as they will be charged and discharged over a constantly repeating 100 minute cycle, with no rest periods, throughout a three-year mission