Receiver, positioning system

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OBJECT TYPE: NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE/SHIPBOARD
DATE: 1988
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0003.001

MANUFACTURER: NAVSTAR SA
MODEL: NAVSAT-TRANSIT/ A-300S
LOCATION: Daventry, England

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General Information

Serial #: B0410708S
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: GPS
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 PLASTIC & METAL CASING & PARTS/.2 CERAMIC BASE WITH RUBBER PART, METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.0 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Height: 19.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Marine Transportation
Category: Navigation instruments & equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: NAVSTAR
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Daventry

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1988-1992
Canada: NAVSAT SYSTEM USING U.S. TRANSIT SATELLITES WAS IMPORTANT NAVIGATIONAL AID FOR CANADIAN MARINERS. THIS UNIT WAS USED ON CANADIAN YACHT (DONOR'S) FOR OFF-SHORE CRUISING & PROVIDED RELIABLE CHECK ON SEXTANT SIGHTINGS FOR CRUISES INCLUDING CROSSING OF ATLANTIC (2).
Function: NAVIGATOR RECEIVES & PROCESSES 400 MHz SIGNALS FROM TRANSIT NAVIGATIONSATELLITES, LOCKING ON TO SATELLITE TRANSMISSION & CALCULATING & DISPLAYING LATITUDE & LONGITUDE. BETWEEN SATELLITE PASSES, UNIT'S INTERNAL COMPUTER CALCULATES CHANGES IN VESSEL'S POSITION BASED ON INPUTS OF SPEED, HEADING, & TIDAL DATA (1).
Technical: SATNAV, USING TRANSIT SATELLITES, WAS FIRST SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, DEVELOPED C. 1960. THIS UNIT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF RECEIVERS DEVELOPED TO USE WITH TRANSIT & GAVE POSITION ACCURACY OF 100-200 M. SYSTEM WAS WIDELY USED UNTIL 1990'S, WHEN MORE ACCURATE GPS SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED. SATNAV SYSTEM WILL BE ALLOWED TO DIE IN 1996 (2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'Navstar SA/ A-300S/ SATELLITE NAVIGATOR'/ PLATE UNDER BASE READING 'A-300S SATELLITE NAVIGATOR/ MANUFACTURED FOR NAVSTAR by/ POLYTECHNIC ELECTRONICS plc. DAVENTRY, U.K./ PATENTS & COPYRIGHT/ PENDING/ COMPASS SAFE DISTANCE 0.5m to 1 degree/ BS. 1597 EEC 76/889/ Serial No. B0410708S G'/.2 BLUEDECAL MARKED IN WHITE 'Navstar SA'/ BLUE LETTERING ON BOX READING 'Navstar SA/ -Leading the Way...' & 'Navstar SA/ (International Sales & Marketing)/ Daventry, England./ Telephone: (0327) 79066.Telex: 311083 Poly G./ Facsimile: (G-3) (0327) 72491/ SDN/ SERIAL NUMBER: 7018S'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 BLACK CASING/ GREY SCREEN/ BLUE-GREY & ORANGE-EDGED BLACK TOUCH PAD CONTROLS/.2 WHITE CERAMIC/ BLACK ANTENNA & CABLE COVERINGS, RUBBER/ PLATED PLUG/ WHITE CARDBOARD
Decoration: .1 WHITE SATELLITE LOGO ON FRONT/.2 WHITE SATELLITE LOGO ON DECAL/ BLUE SATELLITE LOGO ON BOX & ILLUSTRATION OF RECEIVER

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NAVSTAR SA, Receiver, positioning system, 1988, Artifact no. 1993.0003, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0003.001/

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