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OBJECT TYPE: ENGINEERING FRAME MODEL/WIND IMAGING
DATE: 1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0002.003

MANUFACTURER: AIT Corp.
MODEL: WINDII
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 7
AKA: REAR TELESCOPE
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 27.8 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 10.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Space Technology
Category: Space science
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: AIT
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1987-1991
Canada: WINDII WAS JOINT CANADA-FRANCE PROJECT, WITH CANADIAN BUILT INSTRUMENT & FRENCH SOFTWARE. OPERATIONAL INSTRUMENT WAS BUILT BY AIT CORP. OF OTTAWA, ON ONE OF NRC CONTRACTS FOR SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TO BE FLOWN ON SATELLITES BUILT BY OTHER COUNTRIES, THE APPROACH TAKEN BY CANADIAN SPACE SCIENCE AT THAT TIME.
Function: ENGINEERING MODEL OF FRAME & SOME COMPONENTS USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF WINDII. INSTRUMENT WAS DESIGNED TO RECORD WINDS IN 70-300 KM REGION OF ATMOSPHERE BY MEASURING DOPPLER SHIFT OF OPTICAL EMISSION LINES OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AIRGLOW.
Technical: WINDII WAS SECOND CANADIAN MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER EXPERIMENT, A MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THE WAMDII EXPERIMENT TO BE FLOWN ON SPACE SHUTTLE C. 1992. IN EARLY 1990'S WINDII WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF STATE-OF- THE-ART SPACE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SMALL RECTANGULAR METAL PIECE WITH STAMPED NUMBERS
Missing: N/A
Finish: PLATED & UNFINISHED METAL
Decoration: N/A

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