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OBJECT TYPE: DISPLAY/1:10/REMOTE SENSING
DATE: 1990
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0509.001

MANUFACTURER: Advanced Scale Models Inc.
MODEL: RADARSAT 1
LOCATION: Richmond, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD? BODY WITH METAL FOIL COVERING, METAL FRAME, PANELS, & PARTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS/

Dimensions

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

Length: 150.5 cm
Width: 26.0 cm
Height: 34.5 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: Advanced
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Richmond

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: MODEL - CIRCA 1990+/ RADARSAT ITSELFWAS LAUNCHED NOV. 4, 1995 & HAS EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF FIVE YEARS.
Canada: MODEL OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT SATELLITE. RADARSAT WAS DEVELOPED UNDER CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY (CSA) WITH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS & NUMBER OF CANADIAN FIRMS; SPAR AEROSPACE WAS PRIME CONTRACTOR & BUILDER OF SAR (SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR). IN SPRING OF 1997, RADARSAT WAS USED TO MONITOR MANITOBA FLOOD.
Function: SMALL SCALE DISPLAY MODEL OF RADARSAT SPACECRAFT. THIS SATELLITE CONTAINS ADVANCED RADAR SENSOR USING MICROWAVES FOR PURPOSES OF EARTH OBSERVATION & REMOTE SENSING, INCLUDING MAPPING OF EARTH'S GEOLOGICAL FEATURES & NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ETC.
Technical: RADARSAT CONTAINS WORLD'S FIRST OPERATIONAL SPACEBORNE SAR. SAR IS MICROWAVE INSTRUMENT WHICH SENDS PULSED SIGNALS TO EARTH & PROCESSES RECEIVED REFLECTED PULSES, ENABLING RADARSAT TO "SEE" THROUGH CLOUDS, HAZE, SMOKE, & DARKNESS, & OBTAIN HIGH QUALITY IMAGES OF THE EARTH IN ALL WEATHER AT ANY TIME. IN AUTUMN OF 1997, RADARSAT WAS USED FOR ANTARCTIC MAPPING MISSION (SEE REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: GOLD FOIL COVERING; GREY PAINTED FRAME; METALLIC PANELS & PARTS; GOLD PAINTED PARTS; WHITE SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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Advanced Scale Models Inc., Satellite model, circa 1990, Artifact no. 1991.0509, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0509.001/

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