Synchronous control
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SATELLITE GROUND CONTROL
- DATE
- 1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0030.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hughes Aircraft Co.
- MODEL
- ANIK A
- LOCATION
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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 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 THE COUNTRY (2) - Function
-
USED TO SYNCHRONIZE REQUIRED REAL TIME COMMANDS FROM COMMAND GENERATOR 8629 WITH SATELLITE SPIN PERIOD; IT DEVELOPS EXECUTE REQUEST SIGNALS WHICH THE COMMAND GENERATOR USES TO EXECUTE A COMMAND PREVIOUSLY SENT - Technical
-
FIRST DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BASED ON A GEOSTATIONARYSATELLITE (2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- black lettering reading "SYNCHRONOUS CONTROLLER" & control functions/ white lettering on dials/ orange decals on parts reading "HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LIGHT GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING FRONT/ BLACK DIALS, METERS, KNOBS/ WHITE & GREY BUTTONS/ GREY SYNTHETIC & BRUSHED METAL KNOB/ 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 LEETERED 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"
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Hughes Aircraft Co., Synchronous control, circa 1971, Artifact no. 1986.0030, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0030.001/
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