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JPL Experience with the Mars Pathfinder, Mission Simulation BatteryA summary of the Mars Pathfinder Battery is given. The battery survived 47 days at 25 deg. C; it survived a 7 month stand at 10 to -5 deg. C; it met and exceeded 40 ampere-hour capacity for EDL; it met the 30 cycle minimum for Mars surface operation; and the project power profile for MArs surface operation does not yield energy balance.
Document ID
19970013720
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Perrone, Dave
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Ewell, Richard
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: The 1996 NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Accession Number
97N17431
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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