General Information

Serial #

AMF-VC-53

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

45.0 cm

Height

136.5 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

Bristol

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

City

Winnipeg

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Mexico

Period

LAUNCHED SEPT. 15, 1982.

Canada

PART OF ONE OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT ROCKETS USED IN CANADIAN SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM. SPECTROCORONOGRAPH EXPERIMENT SCIENTIST WAS DR. R.W. NICHOLLS OF YORK UNIVERSITY & PROJECT WAS SPONSORED BY NRC.

Function

PART OF ROCKET CONTAINING INSTRUMENTS & EXPERIMENTS. IN THIS CASE, EXPERIMENT WAS SPECTROCORONOGRAPH & WAS DESIGNED TO STUDY SPECTRUM OF SOLAR CORONA IN UV PART OF SPECTRUM. (NO DATA WAS OBTAINED BECAUSE OIL-FILLED GLASS WOOL USED IN PACKING COVERED INSTRUMENT IN OIL, VAPOUR OF WHICH IS OPAQUE IN SPECTRUM OF EXPERIMENT (REF 2).

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECAL READING 'MFD. BY/ BRISTOL AEROSPACE LTD./ WINNIPEG MANITOBA CANADA/ PT NO. 606-84700-1/ SER. NO. AMF VC-53/ MARCH 82'.

Missing

MANY OF THE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS WERE REMOVED AFTER FLIGHT & RETURNED TO SCIENTISTS FOR INSPECTION & EVALUATION.

Finish

METALLIC & BRUSHED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC.

Decoration

N/A