Receiver, satellite ground station
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- OBJECT TYPE
- APT/SATELLITE GROUND STATION/VIDEO
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0025.001
- MANUFACTURER
- CAE Electronics Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC METER & DIAL CASINGS, BUTTONS, LIGHTS & KNOBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 67.8 cm
- Width
- 53.0 cm
- Height
- 182.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Long range forecasting equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- CAE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- 1972+
- Canada
-
USE WITH AMERICAN ESSA SATELLITES, WHICH PROVIDED METEOROLOGICAL DATA TO GROUND SATELLITE RECEIVING STATIONS OF CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE ACROSS CANADA - Function
-
RECEIVES SATELLITE SIGNALS (WEATHER DATA) FROM ANTENNA & SENDS POSITIONING SIGNALS TO ANTENNA POSITIONING MOTORS OF APT (AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION) GROUND RECEIVING STATIONS - Technical
-
PART OF APT SYSTEM, WHEREBY SATELLITE PICTURES PROVIDED BY VIDICON CAMERA SYSTEM COULD BE TRANSMITTED TO SIMPLE GROUND READ-OUT STATIONS ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- red, silver & grey "SA" Scientific Atlanta applique logo positioner control unit & receiver/ black lettering for control functions/ black, white & green "CAE" logo & black printed "COMMAND CONTROL UNIT"/ black lettering reading 'TRACKING CONTROL UNIT/SERIES 3770' 'POSITIONER CONTROL UNIT/SERIES 3650' 'MODEL 429', `FM DEMODULATOR', 'IF FILTER', 'MODEL 410A RECEIVER SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A.'
- Missing
- ANTENNA POSITION INDICATOR
- Finish
- BLUE-GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ LIGHT GREY ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT PANELS OF UNITS/ BLACK DIAL CASINGS, KNOBS/ ORANGE, RED & COLOURLESS SYNTHETIC PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC & BRUSHED METAL KNOBS/ PLATED & BRUSHED METAL HANDLES
- Decoration
- N/A
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CAE Electronics Ltd., Receiver, satellite ground station, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1986.0025, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0025.001/
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