Panel, solar
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOLAR CELL/SATELLITE/15 V
- DATE
- 1959–1962
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0038.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DND DRB DRTE
- MODEL
- ALOUETTE 1
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM 'HEXCELL' HONEYCOMB SUBSTRATE (FOR STRENGTH & LIGHTNESS)/ SYNTHETIC SOLAR CELLS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.6 cm
- Width
- 22.9 cm
- Height
- 1.7 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
- Defence CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1962 - ALOUETTE 1 WAS LAUNCHED SEPT. 29, 1962 & OPERATED UNTIL 1972
- Canada
-
PANEL FROM ORIGINAL ALOUETTE SATELLITE, REMOVED WHEN DAMAGED 3 DAYS BEFORE LAUNCH. ALOUETTE 1 WAS CANADA'S FIRST SPACECRAFT, FIRST TO BE DESIGNED & BUILT BY OTHERNATION THAN USA OR USSR. - Function
-
A SATELLITE BODY PANEL WITH SOLAR CELLS WHICH CONVERTED SUNLIGHT INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO POWER SPACECRAFT. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SOLAR CELL PANEL DEVELOPED FOR ALOUETTE SATELLITE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED ALUMINUM/ BLACK SOLAR CELLS
- Decoration
- N/A
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DND DRB DRTE, Panel, solar, between 1959–1962, Artifact no. 1993.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0038.001/
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