General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

7

AKA

THERMAL RADIATOR PLATE SUPPORT

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

122.4 cm

Width

70.0 cm

Height

51.0 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

AIT

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1987-1991

Canada

WINDII WAS JOINT CANADA-FRANCE PROJECT, WITH CANADIAN BUILT INSTRUMENT & FRENCH SOFTWARE. OPERATIONAL INSTRUMENT WAS BUILT BY AIT CORP. OF OTTAWA, ON ONE OF NRC CONTRACTS FOR SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TO BE FLOWN ON SATELLITES BUILT BY OTHER COUNTRIES, THE APPROACH TAKEN BY CANADIAN SPACE SCIENCE AT THAT TIME.

Function

ENGINEERING MODEL OF FRAME & SOME COMPONENTS USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF WINDII. INSTRUMENT WAS DESIGNED TO RECORD WINDS IN 70-300 KM REGION OF ATMOSPHERE BY MEASURING DOPPLER SHIFT OF OPTICAL EMISSION LINES OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AIRGLOW.

Technical

WINDII WAS SECOND CANADIAN MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER EXPERIMENT, A MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THE WAMDII EXPERIMENT TO BE FLOWN ON SPACE SHUTTLE C. 1992. IN EARLY 1990'S WINDII WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF STATE-OF- THE-ART SPACE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SMALL RECTANGULAR METAL PIECE WITH STAMPED NUMBERS

Missing

N/A

Finish

GOLD PAINTED WITH METALLIC & GREY PAINTED PARTS, WHITE SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A