Battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NICKEL CADMIUM
- DATE
- 1974–1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0398.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES
- LOCATION
- Gainsville, Florida, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & SYNTHETIC HOUSING & PARTS/ CW WOOD CRATE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 85.0 cm
- Width
- 27.6 cm
- Height
- 23.0 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
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Florida
- City
- Gainsville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- HERMES PROGRAM EXISTED FROM 1970 TO 1980
- Canada
-
PART FOR CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT HERMES/CTS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE USED TO DEVELOP HIGH POWER SPACE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN 14/12 GHZ BAND & TO CONDUCT COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS USING THIS SYSTEM, SO AS TO MAKE POSSIBLE DIRECT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION THROUGH GROUND TERMINALS (REF.1) - Function
-
USED TO POWER HERMES SATELLITE DURING ECLIPSE. - Technical
-
CELLS WERE MANUFACTURED IN U.S. TO DETAILED CANADIAN SPECIFICATIONS RESULTING DIRECTLY FROM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED IN CANADA TO OVERCOMEPROBLEMS WITH USE OF NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERIES IN CANADIAN ARCTIC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON UNDERSIDE 'MINCO HK4153. 7438'/ GREEN & YELLOW DECALS ON CRATE READING 'GREEN MAPLE/ JOINT CANADA-U.S.A./ NASA/ SPACE PROGRAM'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED & UNFINISHED METAL/ YELLOW, RED, & ORANGE SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Battery, between 1974–1975, Artifact no. 1985.0398, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0398.001/
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