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- OBJECT TYPE
- L-BAND/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1989
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SKYWAVE ELECTRONICS LTD.
- MODEL
- INMARSAT MARECS B2/ LBT-1
- LOCATION
- Kanata, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- DEMO-1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM BRIEFCASE WITH METAL LATCHES & STEEL HINGES, SYNTHETIC HANDLE/ ALUMINUM TERMINAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC & METAL HANDSET/ METAL? ANTENNA CASING/ SYNTHETIC "VELCRO" STRIPS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 47.0 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 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
- SKYWAVE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Kanata
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1990
- Canada
-
CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE PROTOTYPE SATELLITE TERMINAL WHICH OPERATES THROUGH TELEGLOBE CANADA'S 18 METRE LAURENTIDES EARTH STATION AT WEIR, PQ. & INMARSAT'SATLANTIC REGION SATELLITE MARECS B2. ORIGINAL NETWORK WAS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OTHER AREAS OF WORLD IN 1990'S; BY MID-LATE 1990S, NUMBER OF USERS WAS MUCH LOWER THAN EXPECTED. - Function
-
PORTABLE BATTERY POWERED SATELLITE TERMINAL WHICH PROVIDES VOICE & DATA COMMUNICATIONS TO USER ON GROUND ANYWHERE WITHIN FOOTPRINT OF SATELLITE. INCOMING & OUTGOING TELEPHONE CALLS MAY BE MADE VIA HANDSET & DATA TRANSMISSION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY MEANS OF RS232 DATA PORT & SEPARATE PERSONAL COMPUTER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF PORTABLE VOICE & DATA COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE OPERATING VIA COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE. IT UTILIZED NEW VOICE MODULATION TECHNIQUE ACSSB (AMPLITUDE COMMANDED SINGLE SIDE BAND), & DMSK (DIFFERNTIAL MINIMUM SHIFT KEYING) FOR DATA & CALL SETUP. HIGH GAIN & CIRCULAR POLARIZATION REQUIRED PROVIDED BY FLAT PATCH-ARRAY MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 WHITE LETTERING ON TERMINAL READS "SkyWave/ ELECTRONICS LTD." & "LBT-1 L-BAND TERMINAL"/ LABEL ON TERMINAL SIDE READS "SKYWAVE ELECTRONICS LTD./ 300 March Road/ KANATA ONTARIO K2K 2E2/ PRODUCT L-Band terminal/ MODEL NO. LBT-1/ SERIAL NO. DEMO-1"/ PLATE ON SUITCASE LID READS "ZERO/ HALLIBURTON"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON CASING READS "SkyWave/ ELECTRONICS LTD."/ LABEL ON ANTENNA READS "SKYWAVE ELECTRONICS LTD./ 300 March Road/ KANATA ONTARIO K2K 2E2/PRODUCT Flat Plate Antenna/ MODEL NO./ SERIAL NO. DEMO-2"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 BRUSHED ALUMINUM BRIEFCASE WITH CHROME PLATED LATCHES, BLACK INTERIOR CHASSIS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED TERMINAL CASING/ BLACK HANDSET, CORD, GREY HANDSET BUTTONS/.2 ANTENNA PAINTED LIGHT GREY/ BLACK VELCRO
- Decoration
- N/A
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SKYWAVE ELECTRONICS LTD., Earth station, circa 1989, Artifact no. 1997.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0002.001/
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