Tape collection, audio

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OBJECT TYPE: MAGNETIC/VLF/7 IN. REEL/CASSETTE
DATE: 1963–1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0006.001

MANUFACTURER: DND DRB DRTE
MODEL: ALOUETTE 1
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 14
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: MYLAR TAPE/ PLASTIC REEL & CASE/ CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

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Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Space Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Defence CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1963-1964+
Canada: THIS ARCHIVAL MATERIAL CONSISTS OF DATA PRODUCED BY A SUBSIDIARY EXPERIMENT ON BOARD THE CANADIAN DESIGNED ALOUETTE 1 SATELLITE, CANADA'S FIRST SPACECRAFT. IT PROVIDED VALUABLE DATA USED IN THE STUDY OF THE IONOSPHERE.
Function: TAPES CONTAINING DATA ON THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OBTAINED FROM A VLF RECEIVER ON A SATELLITE. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS WERE RECORDED ON TAPE TO BE PLAYED BACK AS SOUND RECORDINGS. TWO CHANNELS WERE RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY (DATA & CODED TIME SIGNAL).
Technical: THE RECEIVER USED TO PRODUCE THESE DATA WAS SIMILAR TO THE GROUND LEVEL INSTRUMENT USED AT OTTAWA (SEE 940005). IT DETECTED NEW SIGNALS NOT SENSED BY GROUND RECEIVERS. THESE NEW KINDS OF 'WHISTLERS' WERE ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE IONS & WERE USED TO DETERMINE ION COMPOSITION OF THE IONOSPHERE NEAR THE SPACECRAFT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INFORMATION FROM TAPE IDENTIFICATION LABEL: ‘#32 ALOUETTE/ 13.5.64 20.5.64'
Missing: unknown
Finish: CLEAR PLASTIC/ MULTICOLOURED CARDBOARD
Decoration: N/A

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DND DRB DRTE, Tape collection, audio, between 1963–1964, Artifact no. 1994.0006, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0006.001/

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