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OBJECT TYPE: positive/transparency/b&w/glass
DATE: 1961
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0092.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: MINITRACK-ECHO 1 MOTS
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 26
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS/ CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.8 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Height: 8.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Space Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1961
Canada: UNDER 1960 AGREEMENT WITH NASA, NRCC OPERATED A SATELLITE TRACKING STATION NEAR ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. IN 1960, CANADA PARTICIPATED IN TRIALS OF ECHO 1, ONE OF EARLIEST U.S. ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES. THIS WAS FIRST EARTH STATION INSTALLED IN CANADA EXPRESSLY FOR SPACECRAFT CONTROL & INTERROGATION.
Function: SLIDES ILLUSTRATING SATELLITE DATA, ST. JOHN'S MINITRACK STATION, & PASSAGE OF ECHO 1
Technical: ST. JOHN'S STATION WAS ONE OF A WORLDWIDE NETWORK SET UP BY NASA FOR GLOBAL CONTACT WITH EARLY SATELLITES, CONTROLLED BY GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTRE OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, D.C. YEARS LATER THE NETWORK WAS REPLACED BY THE TDRSS SATELLITE NETWORK.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SLIDE HOLDERS MARKED IN BLACK 'RADIO & E.E. DIV. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, OTTAWA, CANADA', MANY WITH SLIDE NOS.
Missing: From CA of 12/06/1994 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
Finish: BLACK CARDBOARD
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, circa 1961, Artifact no. 1989.0092, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0092.001/

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