Accelerometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1972–1976
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0058.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CTS/HERMES/ 4310F-0.1-P102
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 104
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing/synthetic parts/metal wiring.

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.3 cm
Width: 5.0 cm
Height: 4.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE (HERMES) DESIGNED & BUILT IN CANADA.
Function: Measured accelerations when motion was induced in the arrays as part of the solar array experiment.
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: Grey lettering reading: 'PART NO./4310F-0.1-P102/SERIAL NO. 104'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Grey lacquered? casing/white and green synthetic.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Accelerometer, between 1972–1976, Artifact no. 1988.0058, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0058.001/

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