Tape, audio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAGNETIC/VLF/7 IN. REEL/CASSETTE
- DATE
- 1963–1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0006.006
- MANUFACTURER
- DND DRB DRTE
- MODEL
- ALOUETTE 1
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 14
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MYLAR TAPE/ PLASTIC REEL & CASE/ CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1963-1964+
- Canada
-
THIS ARCHIVAL MATERIAL CONSISTS OF DATA PRODUCED BY A SUBSIDIARY EXPERIMENT ON BOARD THE CANADIAN DESIGNED ALOUETTE 1 SATELLITE, CANADA'S FIRST SPACECRAFT. IT PROVIDED VALUABLE DATA USED IN THE STUDY OF THE IONOSPHERE. - Function
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TAPES CONTAINING DATA ON THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OBTAINED FROM A VLF RECEIVER ON A SATELLITE. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS WERE RECORDED ON TAPE TO BE PLAYED BACK AS SOUND RECORDINGS. TWO CHANNELS WERE RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY (DATA & CODED TIME SIGNAL). - Technical
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THE RECEIVER USED TO PRODUCE THESE DATA WAS SIMILAR TO THE GROUND LEVEL INSTRUMENT USED AT OTTAWA (SEE 940005). IT DETECTED NEW SIGNALS NOT SENSED BY GROUND RECEIVERS. THESE NEW KINDS OF 'WHISTLERS' WERE ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE IONS & WERE USED TO DETERMINE ION COMPOSITION OF THE IONOSPHERE NEAR THE SPACECRAFT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INFORMATION FROM TAPE IDENTIFICATION LABEL: ‘FM/ JULY 21/63 DEC. 27/63'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR PLASTIC/ MULTICOLOURED CARDBOARD
- Decoration
- N/A
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DND DRB DRTE, Tape, audio, between 1963–1964, Artifact no. 1994.0006, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0006.006/
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