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- OBJECT TYPE
- PARABOLIC/0.9 M/TELEPHONY & TV/SATELLITE EARTH STATION
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0497.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA Ltd.
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ ANIK B
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
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.
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