Transponder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RADAR/2700 MHZ/ROCKET
- DATE
- 1966
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0060.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bristol Aerospace Ltd.
- MODEL
- 501-52-01-0700
- LOCATION
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.3 cm
- Width
- 8.9 cm
- Height
- 3.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Space science
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bristol
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- 1960'S & EARLY 1970'S
- Canada
-
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT USED ON CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT SOUNDING ROCKETS USED IN PROBING UPPER ATMOSPHERE. - Function
-
RADAR TRANSPONDER WAS PART OF ROCKET PAYLOAD THAT ENABLED GROUND BASED RADAR STATION TO CONTINUOUSLY TRACK PAYLOAD DURING FLIGHT (REF 1) - Technical
-
IT WAS CRITICAL IN MOST ROCKET SHOTS FOR SCIENTISTS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE PAYLOAD WAS WITH RESPECT TO TIME, ALTITUDE, & RANGE WHEN DATA WAS BEING ANALYSED (REF 1), & THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY RADAR TRANSPONDER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FADED DECAL READING IN PART 'BRISTOL AEROSPACE LTD./ WINNIPEG MANITOBA CANADA/ RADAR BEACON/ Pt No. 501-52-01-0700/ SER. No. ????-001/ ?X2700 MHz, Tx2730 MHz'.
- Missing
- Unknown
- Finish
- METALLIC CASING/ GOLD COLOURED PARTS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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