The European Space Agency (ESA) has been at the forefront of the implementation of lithium-ion batteries in space. The ESA spacecraft - PROBA and Mars Express were the first in LEO and Mars Orbit respectively to use lithium-ion batteries. The batteries for these missions were provided by ABSL Space Products (formerly AEA Technology). This paper will compare the in-orbit telemetry from these two missions with performance predictions from ABSL's software tools. The objective of the paper will be to quantify the usefulness of these predictive tools for long-term missions. Other software tools developed by the European Space Agency will also be used to help understand the current health status of these unique European assets.


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    Title :

    Comparison of predicted and in-orbit performance of Europe's longest serving lithium-ion batteries


    Additional title:

    Vergleich der vorhergesagten und Im-Orbit-Leistung von Europas am längsten in Betrieb befindlichen Lithiumionenbatterien


    Contributors:
    Simmons, N. (author) / Spurrett, R. (author) / Neubauer, J. (author) / Van Der, Pols C.L. (author) / Schautz, M. (author) / Dudley, G. (author)


    Publication date :

    2008


    Size :

    7 Seiten, 4 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Storage medium


    Language :

    English