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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENGINEERING MODEL/SCIENTIFIC
- DATE
- 1961–1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0375.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DND DRB, Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment
- MODEL
- Alouette/S27-2
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- T-2638
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METALLIC OUTER SHELL, COMPONENT CASINGS, ANTENNAS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS Satellite weight - 152 kg (335 lbs) Cradle weight - 113 kg (250 lbs)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 153.0 cm
- Width
- 116.0 cm
- Height
- 136.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Space science
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ALOUETTE PROGRAMME BEGAN IN 1959; ALOUETTE 1 OPERATED FROM 1962 TO 1972 & ALOUETTE 2 FROM 1965 TO 1975.
- Canada
-
ALOUETTE 1 & 2 WERE CANADA'S FIRST SPACECRAFT, FIRST TO BE DESIGNED & BUILT BY OTHER NATION THAN USA OR USSR. THEY BROUGHT CANADA INTO SPACE AGE & PROVIDED IMPETUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN SPACE INDUSTRY, WHICH PROVIDED SOME COMPONENTS. THEIR PIONEERING IONOSPHERIC STUDIES HELPED IMPROVE CDN COMMUNICATIONS. - Function
-
THIS ENGINEERING MODEL OR PROTOTYPE SATELLITE WAS USED FOR VIBRATION, THERMAL VACUUM, CENTRIFUGAL & SOLAR SIMULATION TESTS BEFORE LAUNCH OF ALOUETTE 1. ALOUETTE 1 & 2 WERE SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES WITH IONOSPHERIC SOUNDERS USED TO TAKE SOUNDINGS OF UPPER IONOSPHERE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH STATIONS (4). - Technical
-
ALOUETTE WAS SOPHISTICATED SATELLITE FOR ITS TIME, CHARACTERIZED BY ITS USE OF TRANSISTOR ELECTRONICS, SOLAR CELLS, NICKEL CADMIUMBATTERIES, STEM ANTENNAS, & HIGH RELIABILITY DUE TO BACKUP INSTRUMENTATION. THEY GAVE CANADA KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE TO DEVELOP LATER ISIS, HERMES & ANIK SATELLITES FOR SCIENTIFIC, EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS & DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS RESPECTIVELY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR PARTICLE DETECTOR DETACHED STORED SEPARATELY.
- Finish
- BLACK THERMAL PANELS FORM EXTERIOR TOP & BOTTOM/ METALLICEXTERIOR PANELS COVERED WITH BLUE-BLACK SOLAR CELLS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED METALCAPS ON METALLIC & GOLD COLOURED ANTENNA TUBES/ METALLIC BOX FRAMES, WITH DISCOLOURED FOAM PADDING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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DND DRB, Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment, Satellite, circa 1961–1964, Artifact no. 1973.0375, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1973.0375.001/
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