The French and European Space Agencies (CNES, ESA) have been continuously contributing to the development of synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) Ni-H2 technology since 1985. An important effort has been devoted to improving scientific knowledge to enhancing industrial experience and to promoting SAFT as an official back up source for the European domestic telecommunications market as a battery supplier. Fundamental aspects have been investigated in both industrial and university labs as essential R&D supports. The objectives of this paper are the following: to explain which technical areas, components, and processes have been covered by our studies; to show the results of this work; to establish the status which has been reached and what the standard SAFT individual pressure vessels (IPV) design's main features are; and to present our plans for the near future.


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    Title :

    An overview of eight years of activity developing French nickel-hydrogen technology


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    Publication date :

    1993-02-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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