Amplifier, transferred electron
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SATELLITE
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0037.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Watkins-Johnson
- MODEL
- CTS/HERMES/ WJ-5126-7
- LOCATION
- Palo Alto, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 102
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.7 cm
- Width
- 11.1 cm
- Height
- 5.9 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
- Watkins Johnson
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Palo Alto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CTS/HERMES program was intiated in 1971 and satellite operated from Jan. 17, 1976 to Nov. 24, 1979.
- Canada
-
CTS/HERMES was Canadian designed and built satellite which explored use of high power transponders at higher frequencies to expand communications capabilities in Northern Canada. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's decal on top reading 'WATKINS-JOHNSON/ TRANSFERRED ELECTRON AMPLIFIER/ TYPE WJ-5126-7 POWER t-15 Vdc/ SERIAL 102 FREQ. 11.8-12.2 GHz'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Medium blue enamel painted casing. Metallic and gold coloured parts.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Watkins-Johnson, Amplifier, transferred electron, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1989.0037, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0037.001/
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