General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING, PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING WITH METAL PARTS, SYNTHETIC TAPE EDGING/.3 METAL BASEPLATE, METAL & SYNTHETIC ANTENNA, SYNTHETIC PARTS, SYNTHETIC RADOME/.4 METAL CASING & PARTS, SYNTHETIC CONTROLS

Dimensions

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

Length

63.5 cm

Width

43.7 cm

Height

19.1 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

Communications CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1980S

Canada

PROTOTYPE VOICE SATCOM SYSTEM DEVELOPED FOR ONTARIO AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE BY CRC WITH GOV'T OF ONTARIO. OBJECT WAS TO ENABLECOMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOCTORS OR PARAMEDICS FLYING IN NORTHERN ONTARIO IN AIR AMBULANCES WITH DOCTORS IN TORONTO HOSPITALS. CANADIAN COMPANIES SUCH AS CAL, SKYWAVE, SPAR WERE ALSO INVOLVED.

Function

VOICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WHICH USED SATELLITE TO LINK AIRBORNE MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN REMOTE LOCATIONS WITH SPECIALISTS IN LARGE HOSPITALS.

Technical

THIS FIRST PROTOTYPE OF OAAS SATCOM SYSTEM USED FLAT ANTENNAS (SEND- RECEIVE MOUNTED ON AIRCRAFT WINDOWS WHICH COMMUNICATED WITH GROUND STATION IN OTTAWA THEN VIA DEDICATED PHONE LINES TO TORONTO HOSPITALS. INMARSAT BECAME INVOLVED WHEN IT RENTED CAPACITY & THUS OAAS 1 BECAME FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE SERVICE OF ITS KIND.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.2 WHITE & BLUE LABEL READING "CAL"; IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING "ANT 1/ 28 AUG 89"/.3 ON BASEPLATE & INTERIOR PARTS: LABEL READING "Baseplate/ 1001"; BLUE APPLIQUE "CRC" LOGO; WHITE LABEL READING "VIA/ INMARSAT (TM)"; WHITE & BLUE LABEL READING "CAL"/.3 SAME MARKINGS & LABELS ON EACH SIDE OF RADOME EXTERIOR; INTERIOR OF RADOME STAMPED"RADOME/ SER 1001" WITH HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "S/N 001"/.4 INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "AERONAUTICAL/ SATCOM/ CONTROLLER"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

.1 UNFINISHED METALLIC GREY/.2 YELLOW BROWN CASING, GREEN & GREY TAPE, BRUSHED METAL PART/.3 GOLD COLOURED BASEPLATE, ANTENNA, PARTS; GOLD COLOURED & WHITE SYNTHETIC ANTENNA; MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC; WHITE RADOME/.4 ANODIZED BLACK FINISH ON CASING, PLATED & METALLIC PARTS, BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROLS

Decoration

N/A