General Information

Serial #

2

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DIALS &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 CONTROL EXECUTE TONE OF COMMAND GENERATOR 8629 WHEN TRANSMITTING PARTICULAR COMMANDS TO SATELLITE; IT CONTROLS SATELLITE ANTENNA DESPIN SYSTEM

Technical

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

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettering reading "ANTENNA DESPIN CONTROL" & control functions/ attached labels reading "No.1" & "HR RAPID POLANG CTL"/ white lettering on dial/ orange decals on parts reading "HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY"/ stamped on back "3274940-100/ SN 2"

Missing

N/A

Finish

LIGHT GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING FRONT/ BLACK DIAL/ WHITE & GREY BUTTONS/ RED LIGHT/ BRUSHED METAL HANDLES/ PLATED LOCK/ 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 CANAD DURING THE/ANIK A-1 LAUNCH MISSION IN 1972 AND/SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE"