General Information

Serial #

10

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal casing/glass/metal and synthetic parts.

Dimensions

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

Length

10.3 cm

Width

5.2 cm

Height

5.1 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

Used with retroreflector 880057 to detect array flexible motion.

Technical

ACS was design innovation which maintained spacecraft infixed position and 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-D.S.A. POSITION SENSOR/MFR. NAME ADCOLE CORP. WALTHAM, MASS. U.S.A./MFR P/N 17502 SPAR P/N 61043D651-1/MFR. S/N 010 SPAR S/N 010/DATE OF MFR. MAY 19 '74/SPAR SPEC SG.271'/raised 'CANNON' and part no. on broken plastic cap.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Gold painted casing/metallic parts/black synthetic.

Decoration

N/A