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OBJECT TYPE: 10 MM/EPHEMERIS
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0008.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: TRANSIT 2A
LOCATION: Unknown

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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: 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: ARCHIVAL FILM OF EPHEMERIS DATA OBTAINED FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL COSMIC NOISE RECEIVER FLOWN ON A SATELLITE.
Technical: 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: 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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