Antenna material
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEM/SATELLITE
- DATE
- 1960–1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0214.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- ALOUETTE 1
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL/ WOOD PRODUCT TUBE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 16.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ALOUETTE PROJECT WAS INITIATED IN 1959 & ALOUETTE 1 SATELLITE OPERATED FROM SEPT. 29, 1962 TO SEPT. 30, 1972
- Canada
-
INVENTED BY NRCC ENGINEER G.J. KLEIN FOR MILITARYAIRCRAFT BEACONS & DEVELOPED BY SPAR FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS, STEM ANTENNAS WEREUSED FIRST IN CANADA ON ALOUETTE-ISIS SATELLITES, AS WELL AS MANY U.S. SATELLITES & EARLYMANNED CAPSULES. - Function
-
STRIP OF MATERIAL OF TYPE USED IN MAKING STEM ANTENNA FOR ALOUETTE 1 SATELLITE. - Technical
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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. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METALLIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Antenna material, between 1960–1965, Artifact no. 1988.0214, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0214.001/
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