Slip ring assembly
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SATELLITE
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0014.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ball Bros. Research Corp.
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ 43679
- LOCATION
- Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 105
- 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
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 6.5 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
- Ball
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Colorado
- City
- Boulder
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1975-1979/ CTS/HERMES PROGRAM INITIATED IN 1971 & SATELLITE OPERATED FROM JAN. 17, 1976 TO NOV. 24, 1979.
- Canada
-
IDENTICAL TO 2 SLIP RING ASSEMBLIES ON CTS/HERMESSATELLITE, THE CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT SPACECRAFT WHICH EXPLORED USE OF HIGH POWER TRANSPONDERS AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES TO EXPAND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILI- TIES IN NORTHERN AREAS OF CANADA. - Function
-
USED IN TRANSFER OF ELECTRICAL POWER FROM SOLAR ARRAYS WITH THEIR SOLAR CELLS TO MAIN POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF SATELLITE. CONTACT BETWEEN SLIP RING & SOLAR ARRAY MADE BY USING GOLD PLATED BRUSHES & EACH ASSEMBLY CARRIED APPROX. 500 WATTS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RING INCISED 'BBRC 43679 SN 105'/ INCISED LETTERING READING 'P-SP/N-ET 2445C049/ P-S S/N 3-R/ 73-25'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED RING/ BLACK CASING WITH PLATED ENDPLATES/WHITE & YELLOW SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ball Bros. Research Corp., Slip ring assembly, circa 1975, Artifact no. 1989.0014, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0014.001/
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