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- OBJECT TYPE
- BISTEM/SATELLITE
- DATE
- 1970–1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0394.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD.
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STAINLESS STEEL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 124.4 cm
- Width
- 3.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- HERMES PROGRAMME EXISTED FROM 1970 TO 1980.
- Canada
-
STEM TECHNOLOGY, FROM WHICH BISTEM WAS DERIVED, WAS INVENTED AT NRCC FOR MILITARY PURPOSES & WAS DEVELOPED BY SPAR FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS. IT WAS FIRST USED ON ALOUETTE-ISIS SATELLITES & LATER ON CTS/HERMES. - Function
-
SAMPLE OF BISTEM MATERIAL USED FOR THE DEPLOYMENT & CONTROL OF THE FLEXIBLE SOLAR ARRAYS THAT WERE PART OF CTS/HERMES SATELLITE. - Technical
-
STEM CONSISTS OF ROLLED PIECE OF MATERIAL WITH EDGES OVERLAPPED TO FORM TUBE, FLATTENED & ROLLED FOR STORAGE; BISTEM CONSISTS OF 2 PARTIAL TUBES PLACED ONE INSIDE OTHER TO FORM COMPLETE TUBE, RESULTING IN STRONGER TUBE REQUIRING LESS SPACE THAN STEM WHEN ROLLED UP. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METALLIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD., Boom part, between 1970–1976, Artifact no. 1985.0394, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0394.001/
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