General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC & METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

234.0 cm

Width

210.5 cm

Height

34.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SPAR

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LATE 1980'S

Canada

SPACE TECHNOLOGY MADE FOR CANADIAN MANUFACTURER SPAR FOR CANADIAN ANIK E COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE

Function

THE REFLECTOR ON BOARD THE SPACECRAFT INTERCEPTS SIGNALS FROM EARTH & FOCUSES THEM AT THE FOCAL POINT FOR THE ANTENNA HORNS, OR IT CAN COLLIMATE THE SIGNALS TRANSMITTED FROM THE HORNS TO ILLUMINATE A SPECIFIC AREA OF EARTH.

Technical

REFLECTOR HAS 2 SURFACES, 1 SUPERIMPOSED ON OTHER, 1 WITH HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION & 1 WITH VERTICAL, EACH LINED WITH PARALLEL GRID. SINCE THE GRIDS HAVE ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION, THEY CAN BE PLACED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER WITHOUT REDUCING PERFORMANCE. THUS 2 ANTENNASCAN SHARE THE SAME APERTURE & DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

BROWN & WHITE/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A