General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC COVERINGS & VELCRO STRIPS

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

13.5 cm

Height

33.2 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SPAR

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1980'S

Canada

SPACE TECHNOLOGY MADE BY CANADIAN MANUFACTURER SPAR FOR THE CANADIAN ANIK COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES

Function

AN ANTENNA WHICH PROVIDES THE TRACING, TELEMETRY, & COMMAND SIGNALS TO & FROM ANIK SPACECRAFT. IT IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL DURING TRANSFER ORBIT TO REACH GEOSYNCHRONOUS POSITION & IS THE ONLY LINK WITH THE EARTH UNTIL THE MAIN ANTENNAS ARE DEPLOYED

Technical

THE SLOTS & FINS ON THE COMMAND (SMALLER) ANTENNA WERE MADE BY PRECISION CUTTING. THE SHAPE OF THE SLOTS ON THE COMMAND ANTENNA ALLOWS AS MANY AS POSSIBLE SLOTS TO BE PACKED AROUND THE CIRCUMFER- ENCE OF THE SMALL CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDE. THE DESIGN OF THEMATCHING FEED MINIMIZES REFLECTIONS. THIS DESIGN HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE MORE ADVANCED & INNOVATIVE, & COST-EFFECTIVE ANIK E DESIGN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

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Finish

COPPER COLOURED METAL WAVEGUIDE/ RED & WHITE SYNTHETIC

Decoration

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