General Information

Serial #

29

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL 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

20.0 cm

Width

11.5 cm

Height

12.5 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

Hughes Aircraft

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Torrance

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970'S: ANIK A1 WAS LAUNCHED NOV. 9, 1972.

Canada

IDENTICAL TO BATTERIES USED IN ANIK A1, CANADA'S FIRST COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE & FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE.

Function

TYPE OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY USED ON ANIK A1 SPACECRAFT TO STORE POWER FOR USE WHEN SATELLITE'S SOLAR CELLS WERE ECLIPSED FROM SUN. THEY ALSO PROVIDE POWER DURING INITIAL LIFT-OFF PHASE. BATTERIES WERE OFTEN DETERMINING ELEMENT IN LIFETIME OF A SATELLITE AS WITHOUT THEM IT COULD NOT FUNCTION.

Technical

ANIK A1 WAS FIRST GEOSTATIONARY DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE. BATTERIES WERE ELECTROCHEMICALWITH POSITIVE & NEGATIVE PLATES USING POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE ELECTROLYTE. OUTPUT VOLTAGE IS NOMINALLY 1.25 VOLTS. THEY WERE DESIGNED TO OPERATE OVER TEMPERATURE RANGE OF -10 TO +50 DEGREES C.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON END READING '3251530-100/ SER.NO. 29'/ DISPLAY LABEL ON BASE READING 'ANIK A/ BATTERY PACK/ 4 PACKS/ BATTERY/ 2 BATTERIES/ SATELLITE'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC BASE.

Decoration

N/A