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- OBJECT TYPE
- GRAPHITE-EPOXY
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0509.001
- MANUFACTURER
- University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)
- MODEL
- LDEF
- LOCATION
- Downsview, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GRAPHITE-EPOXY PLATE WITH ALUMINUM BARS AT EACH END ATTACHED BY ADHESIVE/ PAPER LABELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.1 cm
- Width
- 5.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- University
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Downsview
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LDEF WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL 1984 & RETRIEVED JANUARY 1990
- Canada
-
UTIAS (UNIV. OF TORONTOINSTITUTE FOR AEROSPACE STUDIES) PROVIDED SOLE CANADIAN EXPERIMENT ON LDEF. IT CONSISTED OF VARIETY OF EPOXY MATRIX COMPOSITES WITH GRAPHITE, BORON, & KEVLAR FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS. LDEF HAD NO ON-BOARD POWER BUT UTIAS DESIGNED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM TO MONITOR 16 CHANNELS OF STRAIN & TEMPERATURE. - Function
-
.1 SAMPLE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL FLOWN IN SPACE AS PART OF EXPERIMENT TO STUDY SPACE ENVIRONMENT & ITS EFFECTS ON VARIOUS MATERIALS/.2 CONTROL SAMPLE FOR COMPARISON (WAS NOT SENT INTO SPACE). - Technical
-
LDEF WAS NASA SATELLITE DEPLOYED FROM SPACE SHUTTLE IN 1984. ITS 57 EXPERIMENTS INVOLVED MORE THAN 200 INVESTIGATORS FROM 10 COUNTRIES. EXPERIMENTS COVERED: 1. MATERIALS, COATINGS & THERMAL SYSTEMS; 2. POWER & PROPULSION; 3. SCIENCE; 4. ELECTRONICS & OPTICS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 HANDWRITTEN PAPER LABELS READ "SP288 IT3000/ 3 m GRAPHITE/ +-430 4 PLY/ F12 T1" ON WHITE LABEL & "TRY #1/ SAMPLE F12" ON WHITE LABEL/.2 HANDWRITTEN LABEL READS "F2 CONTROL"/.1 ORIGINALLY CW CARDBOARD SUPPORT WITH HANDWRITING READING "GRAPHITE/EPOXY/ FLIGHT SAMPLE/ (compare with control)/.2 ORIGINALLY CW CARDBOARD SUPPORT WITH HANDWRITING READING "GRAPHITE/EPOXY/ CONTROL (not sent/ into space) - compare/ surface with flight sample" (CARDBOARD PIECES ARE NO LONGER WITH ARTIFACTS)
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 BROWN WITH METALLIC END PIECES; PINK OR WHITE PAPER/.2 BLACK WITH METALLIC END PIECES; WHITE PAPER
- Decoration
- N/A
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University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), Composite material sample, circa 1984, Artifact no. 1997.0509, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0509.001/
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