Detector, energetic particle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GEIGER COUNTER
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0038.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Physics
- MODEL
- AEROBEE-HI ROCKET
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME & CASING/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 31.5 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
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- SEPT 1959
- Canada
-
USED IN DEFENSE RESEARCH BOARD AEROBEE-HI ROCKETS, FIRST LAUNCHED 17 SEPT., 1959, SECOND SEPT. 1959 (FAILED) - Function
-
3 GEIGER COUNTERS WITH VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF SHIELDING MATERIAL, PROTO-TYPE OR FLIGHT SPARE, USED TO MEASURE ENERGETIC PARTICLE INTENSITY IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AT AURORAL LATITUDES - Technical
-
THESE WERE THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC ROCKETS INSTRUMETED BY DRTE (CRC) & NRC & LED TO THE LARGE ROCKET PROGRAM LATER MANAGED BY NRC - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- hand incised "3" on each casing piece
- Missing
- unknown
- Finish
- BRUSHED METAL FRAME & CASING/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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