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OBJECT TYPE: PARABOLIC/1.2 M/TVRO/SATELLITE EARTH STATION
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0053.001

MANUFACTURER: SED SYSTEMS INC.
MODEL: ANIK B/ 74808-12
LOCATION: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: FE94
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 125.3 cm
Height: 72.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Space Technology
Category: Communications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SED
Country: Canada
State/Province: Saskatchewan
City: Saskatoon

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: ANIK B WAS LAUNCHED DEC. 15, 1978.
Canada: ANTENNA IS PART OF ONE OF 100 LCET'S DESIGNED & BUILT BY SED UNDER CONTRACT FROM CRC AS PROTOTYPE FOR CONSUMER MARKET. IT WAS USED WITH ANIK B IN FIRST FIELD TRIALS OF DBS (DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE) IN ONTARIO (TV ONTARIO) & B.C. (CBC & BCTV).
Function: PART OF EARTH TERMINAL USED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM ANIK B SATELLITE.
Technical: ANIK B WAS DUAL BAND SATELLITE, FIRST IN WORLD TO OPERATEIN BOTH 6/4 GHz (C BAND) FOR COMMERICAL SERVICE & 14/12 GHz (KU BAND) FOR CONTINUATION OF FIELD TRIALS BEGUN WITH CTS/HERMES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECAL ON DISH READING 'SED SYSTEMS INC./ SASKATOON, SASK. CANADA'/ DECAL ON UNDERSIDE READING 'ANDREW/ 74808-12/ 4' REFLECTOR'/ HANDWRITTEN 'S/N FE94' ON UNDERSIDE/ DECAL ON UNDERSIDE READING 'ASSET NO/ 17217/ CRC/SHIRLEY BAY'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: DISH PAINTED BLUE
Decoration: CANADIAN FLAG DECAL ON DISH.

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SED SYSTEMS INC., Antenna, circa 1978, Artifact no. 1989.0053, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1989.0053.001/

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