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OBJECT TYPE
ENGINEERING MODEL/SCIENTIFIC
DATE
1971
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1982.0654.001
MANUFACTURER
RCA Ltd.
MODEL
ISIS 2
LOCATION
Quebec, Canada

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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
Quebec
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

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RCA Ltd., Satellite, circa 1971, Artifact no. 1982.0654, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0654.001/

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