Sensor electronics, earth
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENGINEERING MODEL/NON-SPINNING
- DATE
- 1973
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0045.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TRW Systems Group
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ 270524-1
- LOCATION
- Redondo Beach, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal casing covered with plastic adhesive tape?/ synthetic parts.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.2 cm
- Width
- 17.0 cm
- Height
- 9.7 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
- TRW
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Redondo Beach
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of innovative communications technology satellite (Hermes) designed and built in Canada. - Function
-
Electronics assembly to operate Earth Sensor Heads (880042-880043), which are primary attitude control sensors in non-spinning or operational phaseof satellite's mission. - Technical
-
ACS was design innovation which maintained spacecraft infixed position & orientation with respect to the Earth, allowing spacecraft power to be supplied by solar cells on flexible sails. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Decal reading: 'TRW SYSTEMS/ONESPACE PARK-REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA/CTS ESA-N ELECTRONICS/PN 270524-1 SER. NO.001/WT 2.59 MOD. NO. N/C /CONTR. NO. SPAR 61043D1-1 U.S.'/stamped on casing in black 'NOT FOR FLIGHT USE', 'J1', 'J2', 'J4'/parts stamped 'ITT' and 'ITT CANNON' with part nos. & patent nos.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Metallic casing covered with clear yellow plastic/gold coloured & metallic parts/white & grey synthetic.
- Decoration
- N/A
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TRW Systems Group, Sensor electronics, earth, 1973, Artifact no. 1988.0045, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0045.001/
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