Accelerometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1972–1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0059.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ 4310F-0.1-P102
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 106
- 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 and 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. 106'.
- 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. 1988.0059, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0059.001/
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