Air Force Space Command. Space and Missile Systems Center Standard. Lithium-Ion Battery for Launch Vehicle Applications

Abstract

This TOR establishes requirements and guidelines for the development, testing, storage, handling, and usage of lithium-ion cells and batteries for launch vehicle applications, including booster and upper stages. Compliance with this document is intended to assure a high-reliability product for achieving suitable battery performance during mission. Lithium-ion-based batteries are an evolving technology that has seen little use in launch vehicles to date. They are attractive over the primary batteries more commonly used because full electrical performance, including voltage regulation and capacity, can be directly verified on the flight hardware prior to use. It is expected that these standards will require amendment as these batteries are used and lessons specific to the challenges of the lithium-ion technology are learned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 13, 2008
Accession Number
ADA633325

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Force Space Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Battery Chargers
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Construction
  • Energy
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Lithium Ion Batteries
  • Manufacturing
  • Performance Tests
  • Safety
  • Safety Equipment
  • Storage
  • Storage Batteries
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster