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- OBJECT TYPE
- 10 MM/EPHEMERIS
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0008.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- TRANSIT 2A
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC FILM & REEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 9.4 cm
- Height
- 1.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1960
- Canada
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THE RECEIVER CARRIED BY THE TRANSIT 2-A SATELLITE WAS THE FIRST CANADIAN-BUILT HARDWARE TO GO INTO ORBIT. IN ADDITION TO IMPORTANT DATA, THIS EXPERIMENT PROVIDED EXPERIENCE IN ACQUIRING DATA FROM A SATELLITE & SERVED AS A PRECEDENT FOR SUBSEQUENT CANADA-U.S. COLLABORATIVE OPERATIONS. - Function
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ARCHIVAL FILM OF EPHEMERIS DATA OBTAINED FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL COSMIC NOISE RECEIVER FLOWN ON A SATELLITE. - Technical
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THE DATA ON THIS TAPE WAS USED IN THE DESIGN OF THE SOUND TRANSMITTER OF THE ALOUETTE I SPACECRAFT. THE TRANSMITTER HAD TO HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER THAT AN ECHO PULSE FROM THE IONOSPHERE COULD BE DETECTED OVER THE COSMIC RADIO NOISE LEVEL ABOVE THE IONOSPHERE. THERECEIVER ON THE TRANSIT 2-A MEASURED THAT LEVEL, ENABLING THE ALOUETTE TRANSMITTER TO BE DESIGNED ACCORDINGLY. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CW ATTACHED TAG READING `EPHEMERIS FOR/ SATELLITE 1960 ETA I/ (TRANSIT 2A)/ from (DR Guier APL)
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GREY REEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Film, 1960, Artifact no. 1994.0008, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0008.001/
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