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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENGINEERING MODEL/EXPERIMENTAL/COMMUNICATIONS/GEOSTATIONARY/3 AXIS STABILIZED
- DATE
- 1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0655.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD.
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- T-8789
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL OUTER SHELL, COMPONENT CASINGS & DECK, & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 180.0 cm
- Width
- 154.0 cm
- Height
- 203.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SPAR
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
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 INDUSTRYTO EXPAND ITS CAPABILITIES IN BUILDING THIS MORE COMPLEX (THAN ALOUETTE & ISIS)SATELLITE. - Function
-
ENGINEERING MODEL USED IN CONSTRUCTION & IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING OF HERMES SATELLITE. CTS WAS EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE DESIGNED TO MAKE POSSIBLE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH GROUND TERMINALS & CONDUCT FIELD TRIALS OF TWO WAY EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, BROADCASTING, & COMMUNITY SERVICES. - Technical
-
IN ITS TIME, HERMES WAS MOST THE POWERFUL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE IN THE 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
- PLATE ON WHEELED BASE READING 'COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY/ SATELLITEPROJECT/ COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE, OTTAWA CANADA/ PART NAME UNIVERSAL ADAPTER/ PART NO. E002-07/ SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD./ 825 CALEDONIA RD. TORONTO 395/ ONTARIO, CANADA/ MANUFACT. PART NO. 71044E3-11/ SERIAL NO. 3'.
- Missing
- CASING PARTS/ SOLAR ARRAYS OR SAILS.
- Finish
- METALLIC CASING, LARGELY COVERED WITH GOLD FOIL THERMAL BLANKET & SMALL SECTIONS OF SILVER FOIL/ BLUE-BLACK SOLAR CELLS/ METALLIC RED, GREY ENAMEL & PLATED EXTERIOR PARTS/ INTERIOR HAS BLACK DECK WITH GOLD, GREY & BLACK COMPONENT CASINGS & MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD., Satellite, circa 1976, Artifact no. 1982.0655, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0655.001/
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