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OBJECT TYPE: PRINT/CARDSTOCK/COLOUR
DATE: 1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0022.001

MANUFACTURER: CRC, DOC
MODEL: CTS/HERMES/ TV BROADCAST LOGO
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL PLATE WITH ATTACHED CARDBOARD LOGO, WITH MASKING TAPE AROUND EDGES.

Dimensions

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

Length: 40.7 cm
Width: 33.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Communications CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1977-1979
Canada: CTS/HERMES LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANIK B & FOLLOW-ON SATELLITES FOR REGIONAL SATELLITE COVERAGE. CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT, IT WAS USED IN EXPERIMENTS IN EXTENDING COMMUNICATIONSSERVICES TO CANADA'S REMOTE AREAS, INCLUDING TWO-WAY EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, BROADCASTING & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
Function: LOGO USED AS IDENTIFICATION OF VIDEO TRANSMISSIONS FROM CRC NEAR OTTAWA TO DISTANT LOCATIONS IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD VIA CTS/HERMES SATELLITE. IT WAS USED FOR BOTH BROADCAST & TELECONFERENCING TRANSMISSIONS.
Technical: CTS/HERMES WAS THE FIRST 14/12 GHZ HIGH POWER SATELLITE DEVELOPED TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF SMALL EARTH STATIONS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING READS: 'Communicatinos Research/ Centre/ Centre de Recherches/ sur les Communications/ Shirley Bay, Ottawa, Canada'/ RED LETTERING READS: 'DEPARTMENT OF MINISTERE DE/ COMMUNICATIONS'/ '77-34921' WRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON BACK.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: LOGO CONSISTS OF BLUE, SILVER & BROWN SATELLITE ON GROUND COMPOSED OF WHITE & BROWN STARS & YELLOW PLANET EARTH ON BLACK, WITH WHITE LETTERING. WHITE BAND ACROSS TOP HAS RED LETTERING.
Decoration: RED CANADA WORDMARK ON WHITE BAND.

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CRC, DOC, Photograph, circa 1977, Artifact no. 1990.0022, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0022.001/

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