General Information

Serial #

1761

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL/ CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.0 cm

Width

7.8 cm

Height

5.2 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

SPACE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Saugus

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

CTS/HERMES PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1971 & SATELLITE OPERATED FROM JAN. 17, 1976 TO NOV. 24, 1979.

Canada

IDENTICAL TO SEVERAL BOLTS USED ON CTS/HERMES SATELLITE WHICH WAS CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT SPACECRAFT WHICH EXPLORED USE OF HIGH POWERTRANSPONDERS AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES TO EXPAND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES IN NORTHERN CANADA.

Function

EXPLOSIVE BOLTS ARE USED ON SPACECRAFT AS MEANS OF DEPLOYING APPEND- AGES AFTER LAUNCH, SERVING AS BOLT CUTTERS FOR SEPARATION OF PARTS. THIS TYPE OF BOLT WAS USED ON CTS/HERMES SATELLITE TO ALLOW EAST & WEST SOLAR PANELS TO SEPARATE FROM SPACECRAFT ENABLING EXTENDIBLE SOLAR ARRAYS TO DEPLOY (REF 1).

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK STAMPED LETTERING READING 'SEB26100060-3QI', '10002 SEB261000015-71', '216 0008 MBI SOS', & 'CYH 1761 8-71 LSC 320-315-15'/ BOX MARKED IN WHITE 'SPACE ORDNANCE SYSTEMS, INC./ 25977 SAND CANYON ROAD/ SAUGUS, CALIF. 91350'/ TECHNICAL INFO. STAMPED ON BOX & TAG FORMERLY ATTACHED TO ARTIFACT.

Missing

N/A

Finish

PLATED & METALLIC RED/ BLUE & WHITE BOX

Decoration

N/A