Target, test

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OBJECT TYPE: EARTH SENSOR
DATE: 1973
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0046.001

MANUFACTURER: SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD.
MODEL: CTS/HERMES/ 71043J117-1
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 3
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing and parts/synthetic parts/glass.

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 14.3 cm
Height: 23.4 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: Unknown
Canada: Used in program for innovative communications technology satellite (Hermes) designed and built in Canada.
Function: Test target to simulate earth for earth sensor testing prior to satellite launch.
Technical: ACS was design innovation which maintained spacecraft in fixed position and orientation with respect to the earth, allowing space- craft power to be supplied by solar cells on flexible sails.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate reading: 'SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LIMITED/TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA/CTS ACS TEST SET NESA TEST TARGET/MFR. NAME SPAR', 'SPAR P/N 71043J117-1', 'SPAR S/N 003', & 'DATE OF MFR. APRIL 20, 1973'/blue impression printed labels for controls/handwritten label reading '#2'/black lettering on part reading: 'J.T. SLOCOMB CO./GLASTONBURY, CONN. U.S.A.'/blue lettering on part reading: 'UNISLIDE/VELMEX,INC./EAST BLOOMFIELD/HOLCOMB, N.Y. 14469', 'MADE/IN U.S.A.' and 'A1500'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Black enamel painted casing/plated and brushed parts/greypainted scale/black and red synthetic.
Decoration: N/A

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SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD., Target, test, 1973, Artifact no. 1988.0046, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0046.001/

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