General Information

Serial #

1

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS WITH METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

65.0 cm

Width

48.3 cm

Height

13.2 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

MACDONALD

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

Vancouver

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

Period

1972+

Canada

EARLY REMOTE SENSING EARTH STATION EQUIPMENT PRODUCED IN CANADA. IT WAS FIRST EQUIPMENT OF THIS TYPE DEVELOPED & ASSEMBLED BY B.C. FIRM MACDONALD, DETTWILER & ASSOCIATES OF VANCOUVER, WHICH NOW SUPPLIES EARTH STATIONSWORLDWIDE. ERTS-LANDSAT WAS FIRST REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE, PART OF JOINT CANADA-U.S. PROGRAM.

Function

PART OF SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION FROM ERTS-LANDSAT REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE. DEMULTIPLEXER RECEIVES DATA STREAM FROM SATELLITE VIA BIT SYNCHRONIZER, ESTABLISHES SYNCHRONIZATION, & SEPARATES 25 CHANNELS OF INFO. INTO 25 SEPARATE SERIAL OUTPUTS SUITABLE FOR FEEDING INTO TAPE RECORDER.

Technical

PART OF EARTH STATION FOR FIRST EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'SYNAPTIC SYSTEMS LTD.', 'erts mss/ demultiplexer', & 'B4 1200'; DECALS ON BACK READING 'SYNAPTIC SYSTEMS LTD./ MODEL MULTIPLEXER/ SERIAL 001' & 'DATAGEN OF CANADA LTD./ RICHELIEU PARK, HULL, QUE. MADE IN CANADA/ MODEL NOVA 1200/ SERIAL NO. C-0004'; DECALS ON FRONT READING 'C.C.R.S./ 2-7455' & 'SGCON 036'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BRUSHED METAL CASING FRONTS, UNFINISHED METAL BACK,SIDES; MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A