General Information

Serial #

100

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BOOM: METAL (BERYLLIUM-COPPER?)/ CASING: ALUMINUM COPPER/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

20.2 cm

Width

19.5 cm

Height

41.5 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

HERMES PROGRAMME EXISTED FROM 1970 TO 1980.

Canada

STEM TECHNOLOGY, FROM WHICH BISTEM IS DERIVED, WAS INVENTED AT NRCC FOR MILITARY PURPOSES & WAS DEVELOPED BY SPAR FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS. IT WAS FIRST USED ON ALOUETTE-ISIS SATELLITES & LATER ON CTS/HERMES.

Function

A 25 FT. STORED TUBULAR BOOM USED TO DEPLOY & SUPPORT A 23 FT. SOLAR PANEL OF THE CTS/HERMES SATELLITE.

Technical

THIS IS A SPARE (BACKUP) HARDWARE FROM THE CTS/HERMES SATELLITE./ STEM CONSISTS OF ROLLED PIECE OF MATERIAL WITH EDGES OVERLAPPED TO FORM TUBE, FLATTENED FOR STORAGE; BISTEM CONSISTS OF 2 PARTIAL TUBES PLACED ONEINSIDE OTHER TOFORM COMPLETE TUBE, RESULTING IN STRONGER TUBE REQUIRING LESS SPACE THAN STEM WHEN ROLLED UP.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING 'SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LIMITED/ TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA/ CTS-DSA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY/ MFR. NAME SPAR/ SPAR P.N. 51042E431-7/ SPAR S.N. 100/ DATE OF MFR. SEPT 8/75.

Missing

N/A

Finish

SILVER PLATED BOOM/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ GOLD-BROWN METALLIC CASING.

Decoration

N/A