Panel, solar
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOLAR CELL/SATELLITE
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0038.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ 51041E 391-1
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 105
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL EXTERIOR PANEL & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC INTERIOR INSULATIONCOVERING & PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 70.0 cm
- Width
- 66.2 cm
- Height
- 10.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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 ONES 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 AREAS OF CANADA. - Function
-
SATELLITE BODY PANEL CONTAINING SOLAR CELLS WHICH CONVERTED SUNLIGHT INTO ELECTRICAL POWER TO POWER SATELLITE DURING EARLY PART OF LAUNCH PHASE (REF 1) - Technical
-
SOLAR CELLS WERE MAIN SOURCE OF POWER FOR CANADIAN SPACECRAFT. THEY ARE MADE FROM SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL FORMED IN A N ON P JUNCTION; WHEN ILLUMINATED WITH LIGHT, ELECTRICAL ENERGY IS PRODUCED (REF 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN ADHESIVE LABEL READING 'SPAR/ SER# 105/ 51041E 391-1'/ TAG READING 'SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD./ IDENTIFICATION & TRACEABILITY TAG/ NAME: E/W PANEL P.N.: 51041E385-1 REV. C/ DS: 28317 S/N 105/ DATE 22 AUG 74'/ ON EXTERIOR, ADHESIVE LABEL READING '51041E385-1/ REV-C/ S/N 107' (WITH SER. NO. CROSSED OUT)'/ EXTERIOR ADHESIVE LABEL READING '#105-1/ PROD #2'/ GREEN LABEL READING 'CTS/ FLIGHT'/ RED PAINTED LETTERING ON EXTERIOR READING 'REMOVE THIS COVER/ PRIOR TO TEST'/ HUMIDITY INDICATOR CARD ATTACHED TO EXTERIOR.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE PAINTED EXTERIOR/ BROWN INTERIOR COVERING/ MULTI- COLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Panel, solar, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1989.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0038.001/
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