Technical Paper
On Orbit Performance of IRS1A 40 Ah Nickel Cadmium Batteries
1992-08-03
929328
The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS 1A was launched on March 17, 1988. The energy storage for this spacecraft was by two 40Ah nickel-cadmium batteries operating between 7% to 8% DOD. The performance of these batteries show marginal degradation over the 3 year mission life.