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- OBJECT TYPE
- BISTEM/SATELLITE/25 FT.
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0395.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD.
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ 51042E431-7
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 100
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BOOM: METAL (BERYLLIUM-COPPER?)/ CASING: ALUMINUM COPPER/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.2 cm
- Width
- 19.5 cm
- Height
- 41.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SPAR
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- HERMES PROGRAMME EXISTED FROM 1970 TO 1980.
- Canada
-
STEM TECHNOLOGY, FROM WHICH BISTEM IS DERIVED, WAS INVENTED AT NRCC FOR MILITARY PURPOSES & WAS DEVELOPED BY SPAR FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS. IT WAS FIRST USED ON ALOUETTE-ISIS SATELLITES & LATER ON CTS/HERMES. - Function
-
A 25 FT. STORED TUBULAR BOOM USED TO DEPLOY & SUPPORT A 23 FT. SOLAR PANEL OF THE CTS/HERMES SATELLITE. - Technical
-
THIS IS A SPARE (BACKUP) HARDWARE FROM THE CTS/HERMES SATELLITE./ STEM CONSISTS OF ROLLED PIECE OF MATERIAL WITH EDGES OVERLAPPED TO FORM TUBE, FLATTENED FOR STORAGE; BISTEM CONSISTS OF 2 PARTIAL TUBES PLACED ONEINSIDE OTHER TOFORM COMPLETE TUBE, RESULTING IN STRONGER TUBE REQUIRING LESS SPACE THAN STEM WHEN ROLLED UP. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LIMITED/ TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA/ CTS-DSA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY/ MFR. NAME SPAR/ SPAR P.N. 51042E431-7/ SPAR S.N. 100/ DATE OF MFR. SEPT 8/75.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SILVER PLATED BOOM/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ GOLD-BROWN METALLIC CASING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD., Boom, 1975, Artifact no. 1985.0395, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0395.001/
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