General Information

Serial #

10

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL ANTENNA, 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

70.0 cm

Width

21.0 cm

Height

17.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Space science

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

deHavilland

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

ALOUETTE I PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1959 & SATELLITE OPERATED FROM 29-09-1962 TO 30-09-1972

Canada

INVENTED BY NRCC ENGINEER G.J. KLEIN FOR MILITARYAIRCRAFT BEACONS & DEVELOPED BY SPAR FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS, STEM ANTENNAS WEREUSED FIRST IN CANADA ONALOUETTE-ISIS SATELLITES, AS WELL AS MANY U.S. SATELLITES & EARLY MANNED CAPSULES.

Function

ANTENNA USED ON ALOUETTE I SATELLITE SOUNDER TO GATHER DATA FROM IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING ACTIVITIES (TOPSIDE SOUNDING).

Technical

STEM ANTENNAS WERE A DESIGN INNOVATION THAT ENABLED SATELLITE SOUNDERS TO HAVE VERY LONG ANTENNAS REQUIRED (UP TO 45 M.) FOR NEWLY UTILIZED FREQUENCY RANGES, INSTEAD OF MUCH SHORTER ANTENNAS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE. A1 STEMS WERE FIRST TYPE DEVELOPED, FOR ALOUETTE, & WERE FOLLOWED BYSMALLER A2.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING: 'THE DEHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF CANADA LTD./ SPECIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION/ TYPE A1/ SERIAL NO. 010'.

Missing

MECHANISM PARTS.

Finish

BLUE-BLACK ANTENNA/ GREY CASING/ BLACK & GREY PARTS/ BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GREEN WIRING.

Decoration

DE HAVILLAND CANADA AIRCRAFT LOGO ON PLATE.