General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS & FERROUS METALS/ SYNTHETIC FRAME PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

15.3 cm

Width

13.7 cm

Height

45.0 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

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA. 1961

Canada

'STEM' ANTENNAS WERE DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, & BUILT IN CANADA AT NRC & WERE WIDELY USED ON CANADIAN & U.S. SPACECRAFT. THE 'STEM' WAS THE FIRST PRODUCT OF SPAR AEROSPACE, CANADA'S PRIMECONTRACTOR FOR SPACECRAFT.

Function

EARLY STEM ANTENNA USED TO EVALUATE STEM CONCEPT DURING DEVELOPMENT OF STEM SATELLITE ANTENNA.

Technical

STEM ANTENNA WAS KEY DEVELOPMENT THAT MADE THE ALOUETTE SATELLITE POSSIBLE & LED TO MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS. CONSISTING OF THIN RIBBON OF PRE-STRESSED STEEL, ROLLED UP, & PROPELLED OUT TO FORM TUBULAR ANTENNA, IT ENABLED SATELLITES TO HAVE VERY LONG ANTENNAS REQUIRED FOR NEWLY UTILIZED FREQUENCY RANGES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN LETTERING IN BLUE? MARKING PEN READS 'KEITH/ RODIE/ 1961/ PROTOTYPE/ ANTENNA DESIGN/ #1/ PRINTED CIRCUIT/ &/ ELECTRO PLATING/ SECTION'

Missing

N/A

Finish

FRAME PAINTED? DARK GREY/ METALLIC PARTS/ COPPER COLOUREDANTENNA MATERIAL/ WHITE SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A