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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMMEMORATIVE
- DATE
- 1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0023.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- ALOUETTE 1
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD (OAK?) BASE/ METAL (BRASS?) PLAQUE, CHAINS FOR HANGING, & PINS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.6 cm
- Width
- 46.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1987
- Canada
-
ALOUETTE 1 WAS CANADA'S FIRST SPACECRAFT, FIRST TO BE DESIGNED & BUILT BY NATION OTHER THAN USA OR USSR. - Function
-
PLAQUE COMMEMORATING 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF LAUNCH OF THE ALOUETTE 1 SATELLITE, INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED ON THE PROGRAM A YEAR OR MORE IN DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, TESTING OR OPERATION. THE PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT NMST, 29 SEPT. 1987. - Technical
-
ALOUETTE 1 WAS CANADA'S ENTRY INTO SPACE & THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE PROGRAM WERE PIONEERS IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF SPACECRAFT. ALOUETTE PROVIDED IMPETUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN SPACE INDUSTRY, WHICH PROVIDED SOME COMPONENTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BILINGUAL INCISED BROWN LETTERING READING: 'On the Occasion of/ The Silver Anniversary/ of Canada in Space/ This plaque is dedicated to the pioneers whose outstanding/ contribution to the Alouette I program launched Canada's/ first quarter century in space.', 'Dedicated in Ottawa, September 29, 1987', 'The Honourable Robert R. de Cotret/ Minister for Regional/ Industrial Expansion and/ Minister of State/ for Science and Technology', 'The Honourable Frank Oberle/ Minister of State/ (Science and Technology)'/ 105 SMALL RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH INCISED BROWN NAMES ATTACHED TO PLAQUE FRONT.
- Missing
- ONE OF THE PINS ATTACHING METAL PLATE TO WOOD BASE.
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ BRUSHED BRASS COLOURED PLAQUE, BRASSCOLOURED CHAINS & PINS.
- Decoration
- INCISED BROWN CANADIAN CREST.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, 1987, Artifact no. 1990.0023, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0023.001/
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