Antenna
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OMNI/14-12 GHZ
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0018.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPAR AEROSPACE LTD.
- MODEL
- ANIK
- LOCATION
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL WITH SYNTHETIC COVERINGS & VELCRO STRIPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 33.2 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
- Quebec
- City
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1980'S
- Canada
-
SPACE TECHNOLOGY MADE BY CANADIAN MANUFACTURER SPAR FOR THE CANADIAN ANIK COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES - Function
-
AN ANTENNA WHICH PROVIDES THE TRACING, TELEMETRY, & COMMAND SIGNALS TO & FROM ANIK SPACECRAFT. IT IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL DURING TRANSFER ORBIT TO REACH GEOSYNCHRONOUS POSITION & IS THE ONLY LINK WITH THE EARTH UNTIL THE MAIN ANTENNAS ARE DEPLOYED - Technical
-
THE SLOTS & FINS ON THE COMMAND (SMALLER) ANTENNA WERE MADE BY PRECISION CUTTING. THE SHAPE OF THE SLOTS ON THE COMMAND ANTENNA ALLOWS AS MANY AS POSSIBLE SLOTS TO BE PACKED AROUND THE CIRCUMFER- ENCE OF THE SMALL CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDE. THE DESIGN OF THEMATCHING FEED MINIMIZES REFLECTIONS. THIS DESIGN HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE MORE ADVANCED & INNOVATIVE, & COST-EFFECTIVE ANIK E DESIGN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- COPPER COLOURED METAL WAVEGUIDE/ RED & WHITE SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPAR AEROSPACE LTD., Antenna, 1980, Artifact no. 1994.0018, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0018.001/
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