Sensor electronics, sun

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1974
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0054.001

MANUFACTURER: Adcole Corp.
MODEL: CTS/HERMES/ 18273
LOCATION: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 010
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing & parts/synthetic parts.

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.8 cm
Width: 8.7 cm
Height: 13.7 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: Adcole
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Waltham

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of innovative communications technology satellite (Hermes) designed and built in Canada.
Function: Electronics assembly for spinning sun sensor assembly.
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: Plate reading: 'SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LIMITED/TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA/CTS-SUN SENSOR ELECTRONICS/MFR. NAME ADCOLE CORP. WALTHAM, MASS. U.S.A./MFR. P/N 18273 SPAR P/N 61043D6-25/MFR. S/N 010 SPAR S/N 010/DATE OF MFR./APRIL1974/SPAR SPEC.SG.288'/black 'J3', 'J5', 'J4', 'J1', 'J6', 'J2' on casing/partsmarked 'ITTCANNON' with part nos./raised 'CANNON' & part nos. on plastic caps.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unfinished metal casing/gold coloured & plated metal parts/red and white synthetic/multicoloured synethetic wire covering.
Decoration: N/A

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Adcole Corp., Sensor electronics, sun, 1974, Artifact no. 1988.0054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0054.001/

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