General Information

Serial #

4

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DIALS, METERS, 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

54.5 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

13.2 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

Hughes Aircraft

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Los Angeles

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

NOV. 1972 TO 1985?

Canada

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

Function

USED TO SET UP, TRANSMIT, CONFIRM ACCURACY OF & EXECUTE SATELLITE COMMAND SEQUENCES

Technical

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

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettering reading "COMMAND GENERATOR" & for control functions/ white lettering on dial/ orange decals on parts reading "HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY"/ red impression printed label reading "CMD GEN SN 004"

Missing

N/A

Finish

LIGHT GREYENAMEL PAINTED CASING FRONT/ BLACK DIALS & METERS/ WHITE & GREY BUTTONS/ PLATED LOCK/ BRUSHED METAL HANDLES/ MOUNTED IN LIGHT BLUE ENAMEL PAINTED RACK WITH LIGHT GREY ENAMEL FRONT

Decoration

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