Bengaluru: BHEL reaches the unique distinction for supplying of 100th battery to ISRO for its very important and critical mission, Chandrayaan 3. Over the last 16 years, BHEL has been supplying batteries to ISRO for its critical mission applications like INSAT, GSAT, IRNSS series, and RISAT series.
These are manufactured at the Electronic Systems Division of BHEL-Electronics Division, Bengaluru, with the highest standards of quality, reliability, and safety. These batteries use various types of chemistry including Nickel-Cadmium, Nickel-Hydrogen, and Lithium-Ion.
As a part of this series, the 100th battery was handed over to ISRO by Shri AK Jain, Executive Director, BHEL-EDN. The vehicle carrying this battery was flagged-off by Shri M Sankaran, Deputy Director/CPA of ISRO, Bengaluru at ESD, in presence of senior officials of ISRO and BHEL.
Notably, BHEL’s ESD also fabricates and supplies space-grade solar panels for satellites of ISRO for the last two decades and more than 650 sq mtrs of BHEL-made panels are used in various satellites. Further, BHEL has completed testing of nearly 75,000 multi-junction solar cells at its premises, prior to use in the fabrication of panels. BHEL takes immense pride in its association with all of ISRO’s launch vehicles.