General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL 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

260.5 cm

Width

138.0 cm

Height

170.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

HERMES PROGRAMME BEGAN IN 1971 & SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED IN JAN. 1976, OPERATING UNTIL NOV. 1979.

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE, USED IN EXPERIMENTS IN EXTENDING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO CANADA'S REMOTE NORTHERN AREAS. IT ENABLED CANADIAN SPACE INDUSTRY TO EXPAND ITS CAPABILITIES IN BUILDING THIS MORE COMPLEX (THAN ALOUETTE & ISIS)SATELLITE.

Function

1/2 SCALE MODEL BUILT IN EARLY DAYS OF CTS PROGRAMME, & USED FOR P.R. PURPOSES TO ILLUSTRATE FINAL PRODUCT (4). CTS WAS EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE DESIGNED TO MAKE POSSIBLE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH GROUND TERMINALS & CONDUCT FIELD TRIALS OF TWO WAY EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, BROADCASTING & COMMUNITY SERVICES(1).

Technical

IN ITS TIME, HERMES WAS MOST POWERFUL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE IN WORLD WITH ITS 200 WATT TRANSMITTER. OTHER INNOVATIONS INCLUDED EXTENDIBLE ARRAY OF SOLAR CELLS TO GENERATE HIGH POWER, SYSTEM OF STABILIZING SPACECRAFT IN 3 AXES, NEW DESIGN OF TRAVELLING WAVE TUBE, & USE OF NEW HIGH FREQUENCY KU BAND (14/12 GHZ).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

METALLIC FINISH/ METALLIC GREY PAINT/ SILVER FOIL/ ORANGE & YELLOW SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A