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- OBJECT TYPE
- DISPLAY/1:5 SCALE/REMOTE SENSING
- DATE
- 2001
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0202.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MODELTECH INTERNATIONAL
- MODEL
- RADARSAT 2
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 SYNTHETIC BODY WITH FOIL COVERED PARTS, SYNTHETIC PARTS, METAL SUPPORT FRAME & PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC FRAME, SAIL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 301.0 cm
- Width
- 52.0 cm
- Height
- 69.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Earth observation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MODELTECH
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- MODEL: 2002+
- Canada
-
RADARSAT IS ONE OF HIGHLIGHTS OF CANADA'S SPACE ACTIVITIESIN LAST DECADE. INITIALLY CONCEIVED TO MONITOR ICE CONDITIONS, SATELLITE HAS PROVIDED IMAGES OF FLOODING ON RED & SAGUENAY RIVERS, OIL SPILLS IN OCEANS ETC. & HELPED TO MAP ANTARCTICA. RADARSAT II IS BEING BUILT BY MACDONALD, DETTWILLER & ASSOCIATES, RICHMOND, BC. - Function
-
SMALL SCALE MODEL OF RADARSAT II SPACECRAFT, MADE TO DISPLAY ITS CONSTRUCTION & DEMONSTRATE ITS FUNCTIONING. RADARSAT IS EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE USED FOR MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS & EVENTS, MAPPING OF EARTH'S GEOLOGICAL FEATURES & NATURAL RESOURCES ETC. - Technical
-
RADARSAT II, SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN 2003, WILL SUCCEED RADARSAT I AS WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL EARTH OBSERVATION RADAR SATELLITE. OTHER SATELLITES WILL HAVE GREATER RESOLUTION THAN RADARSAT'S 3 M., BUT LATTER IS ONLY ONE CAPABLE OF OPERATING THROUGH CLOUD COVER, ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER & ICE MONITORING APPLICATIONS (REF.1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE APPARENT
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 UPRIGHT SECTION COVERED WITH GOLD FOIL WITH RED OUTLINED MIRROR PANELS; BLACK & GRAY PAINTED BARS ON SIDES; WHITE, GREY, BLUE SYNTHETIC PARTS; GOLD PAINTED PARTS; BLACK FLAT SECTION WITH SILVER FOIL ON UNDERSIDE; WHITE PAINTED SUPPORT FRAME & WHITE OUTLINE MIRROR PANELS ON UPPER SIDE; GREY PAINTED PARTS ALONG SIDES/.2-.3 WHITE END FRAME, SOLAR ARRAYS BLACK ON ONE SIDE WITH WHITE OUTLINED BLUE PANELS ON OTHER
- Decoration
- N/A
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