Array orientation electronics
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1974
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0050.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD.
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ 51042E696-1
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal casing and parts/synthetic parts.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.1 cm
- Width
- 10.7 cm
- Height
- 19.0 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
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of innovative communications technology satellite (Hermes) designed and built in Canada. - Function
-
Electronics assembly to operate array-tracking sun sensor. - Technical
-
ACS was design innovation which maintained spacecraft infixed position and orientation with respect to the earth, allowing spacecraft power to be supplied by solar cells on flexible sails. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate reading: 'SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LIMITED/TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA/ARRAY ORIENTATION ELECTRONICS - UNIT MC/MFR. NAME SPAR', 'SPAR P/N 51042E696-1', 'SPAR S/N 001' & 'DATE OF MFR. APRIL 1974 SPAR SPEC. CRC. 55-07-08'.
- Missing
- Four casing sides detached, with bag of hardware and plastic sheet.
- Finish
- Black enamel painted casing/gold coloured, plated, and metallic parts/multicolourd synthetic.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD., Array orientation electronics, 1974, Artifact no. 1988.0050, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0050.001/
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