Satellite model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DISPLAY/LIFE SIZE
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0882.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- SPUTNIK 1
- LOCATION
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- HOLLOW METAL SPHERE WITH 9 METAL ANTENNA PIECES.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 312.0 cm
- Width
- 260.0 cm
- Height
- 260.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ORIGINAL SATELLITE: OCT 4 1957; replica 1977
- Canada
-
USSR Ambassador Alexander Yakovlev officially gave this replica to NMST as a gift at the closing ceremony of KOSMOS '77 on Sept, 6, 1977. - Function
-
DISPLAY MODEL OF DEVELOPMENTAL-EXPLORATORY SATELLITE SPUTNIK I, FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE, USED TO MEASURE DENSITY, TEMPERATURE, AND ELECTRON CONCENTRATIONS. - Technical
-
MODEL OF FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE OF EARTH, LAUNCHED INTO SPACE BY R.7 ROCKET, AND CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM SPHERE 58CM IN DIAMETER & WEIGHING 83.6KG, WHICH ORBITED BETWEEN 227 AND 941KM ABOVE EARTH (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- None apparent
- Finish
- PLATED METAL
- Decoration
- NONE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Satellite model, circa 1977, Artifact no. 1977.0882, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0882.001/
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