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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

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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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