General Information

Serial #

17

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL ANTENNA, CASING, & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

54.0 cm

Width

22.5 cm

Height

18.8 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

deHavilland

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

ALOUETTE 1 PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1959 AND SATELLITE OPERATED FROM 29-09-1962 TO 30-09-1972

Canada

INVENTED BY NRCC ENGINEER G.J. KLEIN FOR MILITARY AIRCRAFT BEACONS & DEVELOPED BY SPAR FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS, STEM ANTENNAS WERE USED FIRST IN CANADA ON ALOUETTE-ISIS SATELLITES, AS WELL AS MANY U.S. SATELLITES& EARLY MANNED CAPSULES.

Function

USED ON ALOUETTE SATELLITE SOUNDER TO GATHER DATA FROM IONOSPHERIC IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING ACTIVITIES (TOPSIDE SOUNDING).

Technical

STEM ANTENNAS WERE A DESIGN INNOVATION THAT ENABLED SATELLITE SOUNDERS TO HAVE VERY LONG ANTENNAS REQUIRED (UP TO 45 M.) FOR NEWLY UTILIZED FREQUENCY RANGES, INSTEAD OF MUCH SHORTER ANTENNAS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE. A1 STEMS WERE FIRST TYPE DEVELOPED, FOR ALOUETTE, & WERE FOLLOWED BYSMALLER A2.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING: 'THE DEHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF CANADA LTD./ SPECIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION/ TYPE A1/ SERIAL NO. 017'/ '017' HANDWRITTEN IN RED ON CASING

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLUE-BLACK ANTENNA/ GREY CASING/ BLACK & GREY PARTS/ BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED WIRING.

Decoration

DE HAVILLAND CANADA AIRCRAFT LOGO ON PLATE.