General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ SYNTHETIC FABRIC PARTS ('VELCRO').

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

85.0 cm

Height

42.0 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/ THREE PLATES FOR CORNER JOINT PIECES READING 'CANADIAN ASTRONAUTICS LIMITED/ Ottawa Canada/ UNIT 0376-D-04006.2/ DATE 4-87 S/N 002/ MADE IN CANADA' WITH 'UNIT 0376-D-04006-1' & '0376-D-04005' RESPECTIVELY ON OTHER TWO PLATES.

Missing

THERMAL INTERFACE TUBE & OUTER BAFFLE ASSEMBLY/ .1 MISSING MANY COMPONENT MODELS.

Finish

GOLD PAINTED WITH BRUSHED & PLATED PARTS, & WHITE SYNTHETIC.

Decoration

N/A