General Information

Serial #

1

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

30.0 cm

Width

27.6 cm

Height

35.0 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

CAL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

VIKING SATELLITE CARRYING ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER WAS LAUNCHED FEB. 22, 1986 ON ARIANE ROCKET

Canada

UVI WAS CANADIAN DESIGNED EXPERIMENT MFD. BY CANADIAN FIRM CAL, PART OF PROGRAMME OF INTEGRATING CANADIAN SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT EQUIPMENT INTO PAYLOADS ASSEMBLED IN OTHER COUNTRIES. DR. C.D. ANGEROF UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY WAS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFICTEAM (1).

Function

INSTRUMENT OF TYPE FLOWN ON SWEDISH EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE VIKING; IMAGER PROVIDED PICTURES OF AURORAL ZONE IN FULL DAYLIGHT AS WELL AS NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS (1).

Technical

NOVEL DESIGN OF UVI TOOK 3 PICTURES PER MINUTE, WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 TIMES FASTER THAN EARLIER AMERICAN IMAGER. UVI DATA INDICATED ACTUAL VARIATIONS IN SPACE & TIME DIFFERED MARKEDLY FROM THOSE PREVIOUSLY INFERRED FROM LESS DETAILED DATA (1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING 'CANADIAN ASTRONAUTICS LIMITED/ Ottawa, Canada/ UNIT V5 Electronics/ MODEL C1-192-28 S/N 01/ DATE 06/01/82/ CAL LOGO/ MADE IN CANADA'

Missing

ONE OF TWOLENS ASSEMBLIES

Finish

ELECTRONICS BOX CASING PAINTED RUST RED/ BLACK SYNTHETIC?COVERED IMAGER CASING/ METALLIC, SILVER & GOLD COLOURED PARTS/ GREY METAL MESH CABLE COVERING/ WHITE SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A