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Mitsubishi to Supply Batteries for Indian Satellites
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in Tokyo has signed
a contract with the Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO) to develop and manufacture a lithium-ion
battery for the INSAT satellite series, the Indian
Space Agency’s latest satellite platform.
The INSAT series will have several satellites
for long distance telecommunications such as radio
and TV program distribution, meteorological earth
observation and data relay. It has payload power
requirements in the range of 2,500 to 5000W, and
one of the satellites will be configured with
a Li-ion battery to provide 100% payload power
support during eclipses and with a design life
of 15 years in a geosynchronous orbit.
ISRO selected Mitsubishi Electric because of its
optimal proposal to ISRO’s demands in addition
to its base of established battery technology
and participation in and experiences with the
Japanese government’s space program and the
international market.
Mitsubishi Electric’s Li-ion battery for
INSAT is based on dual modules consisting of 100Ah
cells, the world largest capacity for space-use
Li-ion cells.
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