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Saft to supply in-flight battery systems

A Saft Batteries product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jun 16, 2009

Saft has been awarded a contract by EADS Astrium Space Transportation to provide the in-flight battery systems for the next 35 Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicles.

This latest order builds on the success of a previous contract awarded in 2005, under which Saft has already developed, manufactured and supplied batteries for 30 Ariane 5 launch vehicles.

For each Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle, Saft will provide a total of 17 battery systems to power key elements including: main cryogenic stage (EPC), boosters (EAP), Vehicle Equipment Bay (VEB).

The battery technologies supplied by Saft will include silver oxide-zinc (AgOZn) primary batteries and rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries.

The Ariane 5 ECA batteries will be designed and manufactured at Saft plants in Poitiers, France, with the first delivery scheduled for June 2010.

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