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News Release from: Saft Space and Defence Batteries | Subject: VES Li-ion battery technology
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 06 March 2008
Battery contract signed for Korean
satellites
The Korean Aerospace Research Institute will use Saft's space VES Li-ion battery technology in its Kompsat-3 and Kompsat-5 Earth observation satellites.
Saft has been awarded a major contract by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (Kari) in South Korea to supply sophisticated lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems to power the Kompsat-3 and Kompsat-5 Earth observation satellites The project will use Saft's space VES Li-ion battery technology with integrated management electronics designed specifically for demanding LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite missions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)