Cell, battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NICKEL CADMIUM/CUTAWAY/SATELLITE
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0207.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- ALOUETTE
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC?
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.8 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ALOUETTE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1959 & SATELLITES OPERATED BETWEEN 1962 & 1975.
- Canada
-
IMPROVED NICKEL CADIUM BATTERIES DEVELOPED FOR CANADA'S FIRST SATELLITE PROGRAM, ALOUETTE. - Function
-
USED TO STORE POWER FROM SOLAR CELLS TO POWER ALOUETTE SATELLITE. - Technical
-
RELIABILITY OF NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERIES WAS INCREASED BY IMPROVING ELECTROLYTE, PLATES, & SEPARATOR MATERIAL TO AVOID DEFECTS OR FAILURE THAT COULD END MISSION PREMATURELY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METALLIC GREY & PLATED METAL/ WHITE SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cell, battery, after 1959, Artifact no. 1988.0207, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0207.001/
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