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NASA NTRS · 19970013720

JPL Experience with the Mars Pathfinder, Mission Simulation Battery

Abstract

A 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.

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Perrone, Dave, Ewell, Richard. 1997-02-01. JPL Experience with the Mars Pathfinder, Mission Simulation Battery. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19970013720

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