Tester, torque

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OBJECT TYPE: MOMENTUM WHEEL ASSEMBLY TESTER
DATE: 1973
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0040.001

MANUFACTURER: SPERRY RAND, SPERRY FLIGHT SYSTEMS DIV.
MODEL: CTS/HERMES/ 15 MWA
LOCATION: Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3030002
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal base, table, parts/synthetic parts/rubber? feet.

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.6 cm
Width: 30.6 cm
Height: 10.4 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: SPERRY
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Arizona
City: Phoenix

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Used in program for innovative communications technology satellite (Hermes) designed and built in Canada.
Function: Used to test momentum wheel assembly on the ground.
Technical: ACS was design innovation which maintained spacecraft in fixed position & orientation with respect to the Earth, allowing spacecraft power to be supplied by solar cells on flexible sails.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate reading: 'SPERRY RAND/IDENTIFICATION TORQUE FIXTURE/MODEL 15 MWA/T-322588 SER 3030002/SPERRY FLIGHT SYSTEMS DIVISION/PHOENIX,ARIZONA'/black stamped: 'APR 13 1973'/Label reading: 'I.T.C.L. CALIBRATION/DATE AUG 28 1973/ DUE AUG 30 1974'/plate on motor? reading: 'LEBOW/ASSOC.INC./MOD.NO. 2105-50/ SERIAL NO.414/CAP. 50 IN OZ'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Painted grey/brass coloured, plated and metallic parts/ multicoloured synthetic/black feet.
Decoration: N/A

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SPERRY RAND, SPERRY FLIGHT SYSTEMS DIV., Tester, torque, 1973, Artifact no. 1988.0040, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0040.001/

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