General Information

Serial #

101

Part Number

1

Total Parts

16

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.2 ALL METAL/.3-.9 METAL CASINGS & PARTS, SYNTHETIC FEET, LIGHTS, DIAL COVERS, KNOBS, PARTS/.10 SYNTHETIC CASINGS WITH METAL WORKING PARTS, METAL STORAGE BOX/.11 PLASTIC & FABRIC BAG CONTAINING METAL & SYNTHETIC CABLES/.12 METAL WITH SYNTHETIC LABELS/.13-.16 ALL METAL.

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

87.0 cm

Height

68.5 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

RCA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

CTS/HERMES PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1971 & SATELLITE OPERATED FROM 1976 TO 1979/ ANIK 8 LAUNCHED DEC. 1975.

Canada

EARTH STATION FOR PIONEERING EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE CTS/HERMES/ ELECTRONICS BOXES OF THIS TYPE WERE ALSO USED WITH ANIK B SATELLITE.

Function

EARTH STATION WHICH RECEIVED TELEVISION & TELEPHONY SIGNALS FROM COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES, ALSO TRANSMITTING TELEPHONY.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK SCALE & MARKINGS/.2 DECAL READING '32 inch diameter SHF Antenna/ #2562259-1/ Serial 101'/.3-.7 BLACK LETTERING READING 'RCA' WITH UNITIDENTIFICATION & CONTROL FUNCTIONS, & BLACK STENCILLED NUMBERS ON SIDES/.8 DECAL READING 'Ref 2534009/ 501/ 5BZ 059/ RCA RCA Limited/ Montreal, Canada'/.9 SAME DECAL EXCEPT '5BZ 052'/.10 MOULDED NE LOGO & PATENT NUMBERS ON SET & 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ G-TYPE/ MADE IN CANADA', TYPED LABEL READING 'TerminalD-7'/.11 LABEL READING 'PORTABLE EARTH TERMINAL D-2-5/ RCA 2532981-501'/.12 RED SYNTHETIC LABELS READING 'AZIMUTH'/.13 DECAL READING 'TWT UNIT'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 PAINTED PALE GREY ENAMEL WITH BLACK PAINTED WAVE GUIDES, PARTS/.2 PAINTED BLACK TEXTURED WITH GREY & METALLIC PARTS/.3-.7 PALEGREY-GREEN ENAMEL PAINTED CASINGS/.8-.9 LIGHT GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASINGS/.3-.10 MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC, METALLIC & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/.10 BEIGE TELE- PHONE WITH GREY BUTTONS, ORANGE PAINTED BOX/.11 BLACK & ORANGE BAG, BLACK, GREY & BEIGE CABLES/.12-.13 PAINTED GREY/ 14-.16 PAINTED WHITE

Decoration

.12 2 MULTICOLOURED DECALS READING 'Communications Tech- nology Satellite Satellite technologique communications/.10 SHIPPING LABEL FROM FRANCES, ONT. 01.08.78.