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OBJECT TYPE
ENGINEERING FRAME MODEL/WIND IMAGING
DATE
1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1991.0002.003
MANUFACTURER
AIT Corp.
MODEL
WINDII
LOCATION
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
3
Total Parts
7
AKA
REAR TELESCOPE
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
27.8 cm
Width
13.0 cm
Height
10.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Space Technology
Category
Space science
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
AIT
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Ottawa

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
C. 1987-1991
Canada
WINDII WAS JOINT CANADA-FRANCE PROJECT, WITH CANADIAN BUILT INSTRUMENT & FRENCH SOFTWARE. OPERATIONAL INSTRUMENT WAS BUILT BY AIT CORP. OF OTTAWA, ON ONE OF NRC CONTRACTS FOR SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TO BE FLOWN ON SATELLITES BUILT BY OTHER COUNTRIES, THE APPROACH TAKEN BY CANADIAN SPACE SCIENCE AT THAT TIME.
Function
ENGINEERING MODEL OF FRAME & SOME COMPONENTS USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF WINDII. INSTRUMENT WAS DESIGNED TO RECORD WINDS IN 70-300 KM REGION OF ATMOSPHERE BY MEASURING DOPPLER SHIFT OF OPTICAL EMISSION LINES OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AIRGLOW.
Technical
WINDII WAS SECOND CANADIAN MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER EXPERIMENT, A MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THE WAMDII EXPERIMENT TO BE FLOWN ON SPACE SHUTTLE C. 1992. IN EARLY 1990'S WINDII WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF STATE-OF- THE-ART SPACE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
SMALL RECTANGULAR METAL PIECE WITH STAMPED NUMBERS
Missing
N/A
Finish
PLATED & UNFINISHED METAL
Decoration
N/A

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