Radiosonde, rocket
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROCKET-SONDE
- DATE
- 1967–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0106.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bendix
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 612
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ STYROFOAM/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKINGPARTS/ CW SYNTHETIC FABRIC BAG WITH FOIL LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 33.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Earth observation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bendix
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE MOUNTED IN NOSE OF ROCKET & RELEASED AT ROCKET'S MAXIMUM ALTITUDE; DURING DESCENT BY PARACHUTE INSTRUMENT READS TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & PRESSURE & TRANSMITS DATA TO EARTH. - Technical
-
A ROCKET-SONDE IS ESSENTIALLY A RADIOSONDE SENT ALOFT INTHE NOSE OF A ROCKET RATHER THAN VIA BALLOON, & SERVES THE SAME FUNCTION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GREEN IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'S/N 612'/ .pt: "612"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METALLIC CASING/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ WHITE FOAM, NOW YELLOWED/ WHITE BAG/ .pt has a brown cardboard finish with a silver metallic top.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bendix, Radiosonde, rocket, between 1967–1970, Artifact no. 1991.0106, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0106.001/
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