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OBJECT TYPE: STEM/BERYLLIUM-COPPER
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0477.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BERYLLIUM-COPPER ON SYNTHETIC SPOOL

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 6.8 cm
Height: 2.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1960'S
Canada: AN EXAMPLE OF A CANADIAN DESIGNED & MFD. TYPE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY. INVENTED AT NRC FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, STEM TECHNOLOGY WAS DEVELOPED BY DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT IN DOWNSVIEW & AFTER 1967 ITS CANADIAN OFFSHOOT SPAR AEROSPACE. VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF STEM TECHNOLOGY BECAME MAJOR PRODUCTS FOR SPAR.
Function: A ROLL OF MATERIAL OF THE TYPE USED TO MAKE STEM (STORABLE TUBULAR EXTENDIBLE MEMBER) ANTENNAE USED ON SPACE CRAFT.
Technical: STEM ANTENNA MATERIAL WAS A DESIGN INNOVATION THAT ENABLED SPACECRAFT TO HAVE THE VERY LONG ANTENNAS REQUIRED FOR THEIR FUNCTIONS INSTEAD OF THE MUCH SHORTER ANTENNAS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE. THE ANTENNAUSUALLY CONSISTS OF A THIN RIBBON OF PRE-STRESSED METAL ROLLED ONTO A SPOOL FOR LAUNCH & EXTENDED TO FORM A LONG TUBE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: COPPER-COLOURED METAL/ CLEAR SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Antenna material, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1991.0477, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0477.001/

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