Antenna
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEM/PROTOTYPE BEACON
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0029.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ferrous and non-ferrous metal, including flexible steel of antenna/synthetic knobs and part.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 80.5 cm
- Width
- 12.2 cm
- Height
- 9.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Designed, developed, and built in Canada at NRC. Prototype of an antenna that was later developed and widely used on Canadian and US satellites. - Function
-
A radio antenna designed for use on tanks, and later used on satellites. - Technical
-
STEM antenna consists of thin ribbons of pre-stressed steel, rolled up, and propelled out by an electric motor to form tubular semi-rigid antenna members after the satellite was in orbit (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Handwritten 'UP' and 'DOWN', each with arrow, on opposite sides of base.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black knobs/maroon synthetic part/galvanized? and plated?metal/brass coloured metal.
- Decoration
- None
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National Research Council Canada, Antenna, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0029, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0029.001/
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