General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

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

584.0 cm

Width

260.0 cm

Height

300.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

3248.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RCA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

1963-1974

Canada

MILL VILLAGE AFFIRMED CANADA'S ROLE INDEVELOPMENT OF WORLD WIDE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS & ALLOWED CANADIAN INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (2, 3)

Function

FEED CONE CONTAINS FEED SYSTEM TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS SIGNALS & SATELLITE TRACKING SIGNALS; IT ALSO CONTAINS PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER TO RECOVER & PROCESS WEAK RECEIVE SIGNAL, TUNNEL DIODE AMPLIFIER FOR FURTHER AMPLIFICATION, & DOWN CONVERTER TO CONVERT RECEIVE SIGNAL FREQUENCY (2).

Technical

MILL VILLAGE WAS ONE OF PIONEERS IN COMMERCIAL TELEX, TELEPHONE, & TELEVISION OPERATIONS VIA SATELLITE WITH GOONHILLY, ENG.; FUCINO, ITALY; PLEUMEUR-BODOU, FRANCE; & PAISTING, GER. IT INITIALLY OPERATED WITH INTELSAT I, LAUNCHED 1N 1965, WHICH PROVED GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES COULD PROVIDE SATISFACTORY INTERCONTINENTAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (2, 3).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

Unknown

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A