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Purpose

This report establishes standards for the development, testing, storage, handling, and usage of batteries for space vehicle, launch vehicle, and upper-stage vehicle applications. Compliance with this standard is intended to assure proper performance of batteries and to provide protection against preflight degradation and premature degradation during operational use on space, launch, and upperstage vehicles.

Application

This report is intended for compliance in applicable space, launch, and upper-stage vehicle acquisition and development to incorporate common requirements and practices necessary to assure successful battery operation during space missions. This report is oriented toward general space battery standards and not toward standards that are more appropriate for specific battery technologies, such as nickel-hydrogen, silver-zinc, lithium-ion or nickel-cadmium, that will be issued in the future. Any future updates of this report will be provided in subsequent versions.