General Information

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Part Number

4

Total Parts

14

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

.1-.2 METAL CASINGS & PARTS, SYNTHETIC PARTS, WITH VELCRO PATCHES ON FRONT (1 ON.1, 9 ON.2 ) /.3 METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC FRONT & GLASS SCREEN, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/.4 METAL RACK CONTAINING 6 COMPONENTS, EACH WITH METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS, SYNTHETIC /.1-.2 METAL SHIPPING CASES WITH FOAM PADDING

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Space science

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1992-1995

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED SYSTEM WITH MAJOR COMPONENTS MADE BY CANADIAN FIRMS. STARTED IN 1975 AT NRC, IN 1980 SVS BECAME PART OF CANADA'S TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMME WITH NASA & HAS BEEN TESTED ON SHUTTLE MISSIONS. SVS WILL BE COMPONENT OF CANADA'S MSS/SPDM BEING BUILT BY SPAR FOR ASSEMBLY IN SPACE OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BEGINNING IN 1998.

Function

SYSTEM CONSISTING OF FLIGHT UNITS & GROUND CONTROL EQUIPMENT (.4), DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HIGH RESOLUTION VISION TO REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM (CANADARM) OF SPACE SHUTTLE. IT'S ELECTRONIC, OPTICAL, & MECHANICAL SUB-SYSTEMS, & PREPROGRAMMED & AUTOMATED FUNCTIONS ALLOWED FINE CONTROL OF CANADARM WITH MINIMAL HUMAN INTERVENTION.

Technical

SVS WAS CANADA'S FOLLOW-ON CONTRIBUTION TO CANADARM, DESIGNED TO EXTEND LATTER'S CAPABILITIES. IT INCLUDES OPTICAL & MECHANICAL SENSORS & POSITIONING DEVICES CONTROLLED BY COMPUTER SOFTWARE. KEY WAS FEEDBACK LOOPS; ACHIEVEMENT WAS INTEGRATION OF FEEDBACK WITH MANY SUB-SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE FINE CONTROL. SVS IS EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY TO REAL LIFE.

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

.1 PLATE ON BACK READS "SPAR AEROSPACE LIMITED SPAR/ 1700 ORMONT DRIVE/ WESTON, ONTARIO, CANADA/ EQUIPMENT SVS-D&C PANEL/ PART 51436E103-1 SERIAL 001/ MODEL PROTOFLIGHT"; ON FRONT WHITE "SPACE VISION SYSTEM"/.2 PLATE ON BACK READS "REAL-TIME PHOTOGRAMMETRY UNIT/ 136715-1/ MODEL RPU-PFM SERNO 001/ CONT 41557TD/ LEIGH/ LEIGH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED/ CARLETON PLACE ONTARIO CANADA"; WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING "SPACE VISION SYSTEM/ REAL-TIME PHOTOGRAMMETRY UNIT" & "L10"/.3 ON FRONT WHITE "ELECTROHOME"; LABEL ON BACK READS "ELECTROHOME LTD./ MADE IN CANADA" (SEE DECORATION ABOVE & SUPP. INFO. FOR MORE MARKINGS)

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

.1 GREY PAINTED CASING WITH MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC & METALLIC PARTS/.2 METALLIC CASING, GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT, YELLOW VELCO/.3 TEXTUREDBEIGE CASING WITH BROWN SYNTHETIC FRONT & SCREEN FRAME, BLACK CONTROL PANEL & CONTROLS/.4 TEXTURED BLACK RACK WITH BLUE TEXTURED FRONT; METALLIC OR GREY OR BEIGE PAINTED COMPONENT CASINGS, MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS, METALLIC PARTS/.1-.2 METALLIC CASES WITH BLACK HANDLES

Decoration

.1-.2 CANADA LOGO CONSISTING OF BLACK "CANADA" & RED CANADIAN FLAG ON FRONTS/.1-.2 CASES HAVE ROWS OF RAISED CIRCLES/ MARKINGS CONT'D:.3 LABEL ON BACK READS "MFD. BY/FABR. PAR/ ELECTROHOME/ KITCHENER ONTARIO CANADA N2G 4J6/ TRADEMARK/MARQUE ELECTROHOME/ SER NO 6-192499/ MODEL/MODELE NO 38-V20101-60 CHASSIS V20QAO/ MANUFACTURED/ FABRIQUE FEBRUARY 1982 FINISH BEIGE/ VOLTS 120 AMPS/WATTS 0.30/ HERTZ 60" (SEE SUPP. INFO.)