Receiver, satellite signal
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TELEVISION/OUTDOOR/SATELLITE/EARTH STATION
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0055.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SED SYSTEMS INC.
- MODEL
- ANIK B/ OU-12-11
- LOCATION
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 94
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.5 cm
- Width
- 12.2 cm
- Height
- 12.2 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
- SED
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Saskatchewan
- City
- Saskatoon
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ANIK B WAS LAUNCHED DEC. 15, 1978.
- Canada
-
PART OF ONE OF 100 LCET'S DESIGNED & BUILT BY SEDUNDER CONTRACT FROM CRC AS PROTOTYPE FOR CONSUMER MARKET. IT WAS USED WITH ANIK B IN FIRST FIELD TRIALS OF DBS (DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE) IN ONTARIO (TV ONTARIO) & B.C. (CBC & BCTV) (REF 3). - Function
-
OUTDOOR COMPONENT OF EARTH TERMINAL USED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM ANIK B SATELLITE. IT TAKES SIGNAL FROM SATELLITE, WHICH IS IN MICROWAVE SIGNALS, & CONVERTS IT TO LOWER FREQUENCY TO BE FILTERED MORE EFFECTIVELY. - Technical
-
ANIK B WAS DUAL BANDSATELLITE, FIRST IN WORLD TO OPERATE IN BOTH 6/4 GHz (C BAND) FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICE & 14/12 GHz (KU BAND) FOR CONTINUATION OF FIELD TRIALS BEGUN WITH CTS/HERMES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL READING 'SED SYSTEMS INC./ SASKATOON CANADA/ MODEL OU-12-11/ DIRECT BROADCAST TERMINAL/ OUTDOOR UNIT/ SERIAL NO. 094'/ HAND PRINTED ADHESIVE LABEL READING '2099/ 018343'/ DECAL WITH LIGHTNING SYMBOL & '76656'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE PAINTED & METALLIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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SED SYSTEMS INC., Receiver, satellite signal, circa 1978, Artifact no. 1989.0055, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0055.001/
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