Durability Analysis of the REIMEI Satellite Li-ion Batteries after more than 14 Years of Operation in Space

The satellite REIMEI was launched in August 2005, this is one of the first satellites to use Li-ion batteries. REIMEI is a small scientific satellite designed for carrying out aurora observations using three different cameras. The main scientific mission of the satellite ended in 2013. More than 14...

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Main Authors: Omar S. MENDOZA-HERNANDEZ, Linda J. BOLAY, Birger HORSTMANN, Arnulf LATZ, Eiji HOSONO, Daisuke ASAKURA, Hirofumi MATSUDA, Masayuki ITAGAKI, Minoru UMEDA, Yoshitsugu SONE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Electrochemical Society of Japan 2020-07-01
Series:Electrochemistry
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/electrochemistry/88/4/88_20-00046/_pdf/-char/en
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Summary:The satellite REIMEI was launched in August 2005, this is one of the first satellites to use Li-ion batteries. REIMEI is a small scientific satellite designed for carrying out aurora observations using three different cameras. The main scientific mission of the satellite ended in 2013. More than 14 years have passed, and the batteries have experienced over 78,100 charge/discharge cycles. REIMEI remains in operation with a new mission dedicated to analyzing its Li-ion battery. In this work, we present a durability analysis for the REIMEI battery based on telemetry data.
ISSN:2186-2451