General Information

Serial #

T-8789

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL OUTER SHELL, COMPONENT CASINGS & DECK, & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

180.0 cm

Width

154.0 cm

Height

203.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SPAR

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

HERMES PROGRAMME BEGAN IN 1971 & SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED IN JAN. 1976, OPERATING UNTIL NOV. 1979.

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE, USED IN EXPERIMENTS IN EXTENDING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO CANADA'S REMOTE NORTHERN AREAS. IT ENABLED CANADIAN SPACE INDUSTRYTO EXPAND ITS CAPABILITIES IN BUILDING THIS MORE COMPLEX (THAN ALOUETTE & ISIS)SATELLITE.

Function

ENGINEERING MODEL USED IN CONSTRUCTION & IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING OF HERMES SATELLITE. CTS WAS EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE DESIGNED TO MAKE POSSIBLE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH GROUND TERMINALS & CONDUCT FIELD TRIALS OF TWO WAY EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, BROADCASTING, & COMMUNITY SERVICES.

Technical

IN ITS TIME, HERMES WAS MOST THE POWERFUL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE IN THE WORLD WITH ITS 200 WATT TRANSMITTER. OTHER INNOVATIONS INCLUDED EXTENDIBLE ARRAY OF SOLAR CELLS TO GENERATE HIGH POWER, SYSTEM OF STABILIZING SPACECRAFT IN 3 AXES, NEW DESIGN OF TRAVELLING WAVE TUBE, & USE OF NEW HIGH FREQUENCY KU BAND (14/12 GHZ).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON WHEELED BASE READING 'COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY/ SATELLITEPROJECT/ COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE, OTTAWA CANADA/ PART NAME UNIVERSAL ADAPTER/ PART NO. E002-07/ SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD./ 825 CALEDONIA RD. TORONTO 395/ ONTARIO, CANADA/ MANUFACT. PART NO. 71044E3-11/ SERIAL NO. 3'.

Missing

CASING PARTS/ SOLAR ARRAYS OR SAILS.

Finish

METALLIC CASING, LARGELY COVERED WITH GOLD FOIL THERMAL BLANKET & SMALL SECTIONS OF SILVER FOIL/ BLUE-BLACK SOLAR CELLS/ METALLIC RED, GREY ENAMEL & PLATED EXTERIOR PARTS/ INTERIOR HAS BLACK DECK WITH GOLD, GREY & BLACK COMPONENT CASINGS & MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS.

Decoration

N/A