Mirror relay experiment
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GAS SHUTTLE EXPERIMENT
- DATE
- 1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0498.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Telesat Canada
- MODEL
- MIRRORS IN SPACE
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METALS/ SYNTHETIC/ GLASS/ CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 47.7 cm
- Width
- 44.2 cm
- Height
- 33.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Manned spacecraft
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Telesat
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- NOVEMBER 1985
- Canada
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FIRST CANADIAN GAS (GET-AWAY SPECIAL) EXPERIMENT DESIGNED BY 2 OTTAWA STUDENT (JEAN FRANCOIS DESCHENES & DANIEL REY) FOR A CONTEST SPONSORED BY TELESAT CANADA, & BUILT BY TELEGLOBE CANADA. IT PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY ON SHUTTLE ATLANTIS FLIGHT OF 27 NOV. 1985 (REF 1 & 2). - Function
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EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO MAKE MIRRORS IN SPACE OUT OF HEATED AND VAPOURIZED ALUMINUM, SILVER & SODIUM, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SPACE-MADE MIRRORS ARE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THOSE MADE IN GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT OF EARTH (REF 2) - Technical
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GAS OR GET-AWAYSPECIALS WERE OFFERED BY NASA FOR SMALL,AUTOMATED, SHORT DURATION, DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIMENTS. A GAS WAS A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER RENTED FROM NASA AT A COST OF $3000. (REF 1) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PART NOS., VACUUM CHAMBERS MARKED '1', '2', '4', '3', '5'/.2 ADHESIVE PAPER LABEL READING 'TC075534'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 FLAT BLACK PAINTED CASING, METALLIC & PLATED VACUUM CHAMBERS & PARTS, MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/.2 SILVERED GLASS & WHITE CERAMIC/.3 METALLIC/.4-.5 'SILVERED' GLASS IN PLASTIC CASES/.6 'SILVERED' PLEXIGLASS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Telesat Canada, Mirror relay experiment, 1985, Artifact no. 1987.0498, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0498.001/
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