General Information

Serial #

105

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL EXTERIOR PANEL & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC INTERIOR INSULATIONCOVERING & PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

70.0 cm

Width

66.2 cm

Height

10.5 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

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

CTS/HERMES PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1971 & SATELLITE OPERATED FROM JAN. 17, 1976 TO NOV. 24, 1979.

Canada

IDENTICAL TO ONES USED ON CTS/HERMES SATELLITE, WHICH WAS CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT SPACECRAFT WHICH EXPLORED USE OF HIGH POWERTRANSPONDERS AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES TO EXPAND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES IN NORTHERN AREAS OF CANADA.

Function

SATELLITE BODY PANEL CONTAINING SOLAR CELLS WHICH CONVERTED SUNLIGHT INTO ELECTRICAL POWER TO POWER SATELLITE DURING EARLY PART OF LAUNCH PHASE (REF 1)

Technical

SOLAR CELLS WERE MAIN SOURCE OF POWER FOR CANADIAN SPACECRAFT. THEY ARE MADE FROM SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL FORMED IN A N ON P JUNCTION; WHEN ILLUMINATED WITH LIGHT, ELECTRICAL ENERGY IS PRODUCED (REF 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN ADHESIVE LABEL READING 'SPAR/ SER# 105/ 51041E 391-1'/ TAG READING 'SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD./ IDENTIFICATION & TRACEABILITY TAG/ NAME: E/W PANEL P.N.: 51041E385-1 REV. C/ DS: 28317 S/N 105/ DATE 22 AUG 74'/ ON EXTERIOR, ADHESIVE LABEL READING '51041E385-1/ REV-C/ S/N 107' (WITH SER. NO. CROSSED OUT)'/ EXTERIOR ADHESIVE LABEL READING '#105-1/ PROD #2'/ GREEN LABEL READING 'CTS/ FLIGHT'/ RED PAINTED LETTERING ON EXTERIOR READING 'REMOVE THIS COVER/ PRIOR TO TEST'/ HUMIDITY INDICATOR CARD ATTACHED TO EXTERIOR.

Missing

N/A

Finish

WHITE PAINTED EXTERIOR/ BROWN INTERIOR COVERING/ MULTI- COLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS.

Decoration

N/A