Receiver, positioning system
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE/SHIPBOARD
- DATE
- 1988
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0003.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NAVSTAR SA
- MODEL
- NAVSAT-TRANSIT/ A-300S
- LOCATION
- Daventry, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- B0410708S
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- GPS
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 PLASTIC & METAL CASING & PARTS/.2 CERAMIC BASE WITH RUBBER PART, METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 22.5 cm
- Height
- 19.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NAVSTAR
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Daventry
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1988-1992
- Canada
-
NAVSAT SYSTEM USING U.S. TRANSIT SATELLITES WAS IMPORTANT NAVIGATIONAL AID FOR CANADIAN MARINERS. THIS UNIT WAS USED ON CANADIAN YACHT (DONOR'S) FOR OFF-SHORE CRUISING & PROVIDED RELIABLE CHECK ON SEXTANT SIGHTINGS FOR CRUISES INCLUDING CROSSING OF ATLANTIC (2). - Function
-
NAVIGATOR RECEIVES & PROCESSES 400 MHz SIGNALS FROM TRANSIT NAVIGATIONSATELLITES, LOCKING ON TO SATELLITE TRANSMISSION & CALCULATING & DISPLAYING LATITUDE & LONGITUDE. BETWEEN SATELLITE PASSES, UNIT'S INTERNAL COMPUTER CALCULATES CHANGES IN VESSEL'S POSITION BASED ON INPUTS OF SPEED, HEADING, & TIDAL DATA (1). - Technical
-
SATNAV, USING TRANSIT SATELLITES, WAS FIRST SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, DEVELOPED C. 1960. THIS UNIT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF RECEIVERS DEVELOPED TO USE WITH TRANSIT & GAVE POSITION ACCURACY OF 100-200 M. SYSTEM WAS WIDELY USED UNTIL 1990'S, WHEN MORE ACCURATE GPS SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED. SATNAV SYSTEM WILL BE ALLOWED TO DIE IN 1996 (2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'Navstar SA/ A-300S/ SATELLITE NAVIGATOR'/ PLATE UNDER BASE READING 'A-300S SATELLITE NAVIGATOR/ MANUFACTURED FOR NAVSTAR by/ POLYTECHNIC ELECTRONICS plc. DAVENTRY, U.K./ PATENTS & COPYRIGHT/ PENDING/ COMPASS SAFE DISTANCE 0.5m to 1 degree/ BS. 1597 EEC 76/889/ Serial No. B0410708S G'/.2 BLUEDECAL MARKED IN WHITE 'Navstar SA'/ BLUE LETTERING ON BOX READING 'Navstar SA/ -Leading the Way...' & 'Navstar SA/ (International Sales & Marketing)/ Daventry, England./ Telephone: (0327) 79066.Telex: 311083 Poly G./ Facsimile: (G-3) (0327) 72491/ SDN/ SERIAL NUMBER: 7018S'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 BLACK CASING/ GREY SCREEN/ BLUE-GREY & ORANGE-EDGED BLACK TOUCH PAD CONTROLS/.2 WHITE CERAMIC/ BLACK ANTENNA & CABLE COVERINGS, RUBBER/ PLATED PLUG/ WHITE CARDBOARD
- Decoration
- .1 WHITE SATELLITE LOGO ON FRONT/.2 WHITE SATELLITE LOGO ON DECAL/ BLUE SATELLITE LOGO ON BOX & ILLUSTRATION OF RECEIVER
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NAVSTAR SA, Receiver, positioning system, 1988, Artifact no. 1993.0003, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0003.001/
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