General Information

Serial #

SSP 005/C

Part Number

1

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

20.0 cm

Width

11.0 cm

Height

11.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SONOTEK

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Mississauga

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1984 - SHUTTLE MISSION 41-G, OCTOBER 5-12, 1984.

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED, DEVELOPED & BUILT EQUIPMENT USED BY MARC GARNEAU, FIRST MEMBER OF CANADIAN ASTRONAUT PROGRAMME TEAM TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT. THIS WAS ONE OF 2 SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS IN TOTAL OF 10 IN LIFE SCIENCES, SPACE TECHNOLOGY, & SPACE SCIENCES COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS CANEX.

Function

PHOTOMETER & RELATED EQUIPMENT USED TO MEASURE SOLAR RADIATION IN STUDY OF ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS & POLLUTION; THIS ONE WAS USED IN SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT ON SPACE SHUTTLE TO EXAMINE ALTITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NUMBER OF ATMOSPHERIC MOLECULES, INCLUDING TRACE ELEMENTS IMPORTANT TO ACID RAIN, OZONE & CLIMATE STUDIES.

Technical

PHOTOMETER WAS USED IN SPACE ENVIRONMENT TO OBTAIN ZERO ATMOSPHERE CALIBRATION FROM MEASUREMENTS OF SUN FOR COMPARISON WITH GROUND BASED CALIBRATIONS, & TO TAKE SOLAR OCCULATION MEASUREMENTS FROM SUN DURING SUNSETS IN ORDER TO LATER DETERMINE ALTITUDE PROFILES OF OZONE, NITROGEN, WATERVAPOUR & STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK 'Environment/ Canada', 'MULTI-WAVE/ SUNPHOTOMETER/ SONOTEK' & CONTROL LABELS, & INCISED 'SSP 005/C' ON CASING.

Missing

CASE?

Finish

GREY PAINTED TEXTURED FINISH ON METAL, BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS/ CLEAR SYNTHETIC WINDOW.

Decoration

BLACK CANADA WORD MARK & MFR'S LOGO ON CASING.