General Information

Serial #

T-6597

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL SHELL & PARTS/ WOOD BASE/ SYNTHETIC PANELS &PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

133.0 cm

Width

133.0 cm

Height

170.0 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

RCA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

ISIS PROGRAMME BEGAN IN 1963; ISIS 1 WAS LAUNCHED IN 1969, 2IN 1971; BOTH OPERATED UNTIL 1984 BY CANADA.

Canada

ISIS 1 & 2 WERE CANADA'S 3RD & 4TH SPACECRAFT. ISIS 2 WAS LAST OF ISIS SERIES OF PIONEERING CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT CRAFT (AFTER ALOUETTE 2 & ISIS 1). THESE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL SCIENTIFICALLY & TECHNICALLY, PROVIDING HUGE AMOUNTS OF SCIENTIFIC DATA & SPURRING DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN SPACE INDUSTRY.

Function

ENGINEERING MODEL USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF ISIS 2 SATELLITE. THIS WAS SCIENTIFIC SATELLITE EQUIPPED WITH IONOSPHERIC SOUNDER & OTHER INSTRUMENTATION FOR COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES OF IONOSPHERE, EXPANDING UPON EARLIER ALOUETTE 1 & 2 EXPLORATIONS, WITH OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING CANADIAN COMMUNICATIONS.

Technical

ISIS SATELLITES WERE MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN ALOUETTES, HAVING ATTITUDE & SPIN CONTROL SYSTEMS, TAPE RECORDERS TO EXTEND AREAS OVER WHICH DATA COULD BE COLLECTED, & COMPLEMENT OF EXPERIMENTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE IONOSPERIC OBSERVATIONS. ISIS 2 ALSO HAD OPTICAL SENSORS FOR AIRGLOW & AURORA MAPPING (3).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR.'S NAME, MODEL, SERIAL NOS. ON INTERIOR MODULES.

Missing

UPPER SOLAR PANELS.

Finish

PLATED & BLACK PAINTED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC.

Decoration

N/A