General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WIRE COVERINGS, CABLE, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

15.9 cm

Width

15.3 cm

Height

7.6 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

University

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

City

Saskatoon

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

SPECTROMETERS OF THIS TYPE WERE FLOWN IN ROCKETS FROM 1969 UNTIL LATE 1980'S.

Canada

SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT DESIGNED & BUILT BY CANADIANRESEARCHERS FOR USE ON CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT 5 ROCKET USED IN CANADIAN SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM TO STUDY IONOSPHERE.

Function

SPECTROMETER USED TO DETECT ELECTRONS IN ENERGY RANGE 20 keV TO 20 eV,THOSE PARTICLES RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING AURORA. THIS PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT WAS FLOWN ON & RECOVERED FROM BLACK BRANT 5 ROCKET WHICH STUDIED PULSATING AURORA.

Technical

BUILT AT UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, THIS SPECTROMETER DESIGN WAS SIMILAR TO EARLIER VERSION BUILT AT DRTE IN EARLY DAYS OF CANADIAN ROCKET PROGRAM TO BE FLOWN ON ROCKET PAYLOADS TO STUDY AURORA. THIS TYPE OF SPECTROMETER WAS FLOWN IN CANADIAN & U.S. ROCKETS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN SYMBOLS & NUMBERS ON BOTH CASINGS.

Missing

two small missing screws from .002 grey metal fitting

Finish

UNFINISHED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A