General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS/ METAL EQUIPMENT RACK

Dimensions

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

Length

44.0 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

8.9 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

EMR

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Florida

City

Sarasota

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

NOV 1975 TO 1985?

Canada

WITH THE LAUNCH OF ANIK A-1 IN NOV 1972, CANADABECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, PROVIDING SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS THROUGH NUMEROUS EARTH STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY (2)

Function

USED TO PROCESS PAM (PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION) TELEMETRY TRAIN FROM SATELLITE TARNSMITTER, WHICH CARRIED SATELLITE HEALTH & STATUS DATA; THIS DEVICE DECOMMUNICATES TELEMTRY TRAIN & OUTPUT IS SENT TO COMPUTER FOR CONVERSION TO ENGINEERING UNITS & COMMAND GENERATOR, PROVIDES SIGNAL CONDITIONING, SYNCHRONIZATION ETC. TO PAM

Technical

FIRST DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BASED ON A GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE (2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettered white sign reading "THE ANIK A-1 GROUND CONTROL EQUIPMENT/USED BY TELESAT CANADA DURING THE/ANIK A-1 LAUNCH MISSION IN 1972 AND/SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE"/ white lettering reading "EMR", "515" & "PAM/PDM SYNCHRONIZER" & on casing & knobs for control functions

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

RACK FRONT HAS BLACK SYNTHETIC & BRUSHED METAL OUTER FRAME & SKY BLUE INNER FRAME