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

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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 THIS DESIGN HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE MORE ADVANCED & INNOVATIVE, & COST-EFFECTIVE ANIK E DESIGN.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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