General Information

Serial #

14500

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL BODY WITH SYNTHETIC SKIN/ ALUMINUM & BRASS PTS, SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

6.2 cm

Width

6.2 cm

Height

114.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SPACE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Arizona

City

Chandler

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

Period

EARLY 1970'S

Canada

AN AMERICAN MADE SENSING DEVICE USED IN A ROUTINE UPPER AIR MEASUREMENT PROGRAMME BY CANADIAN ARMED FORCES METEOROLOGY STAFF.

Function

A METEOROLOGICAL SENSING UNIT, WHICH, WHEN ATTACHED TO A LOKI ROCKET MOTOR (940052) COULD BE LIFTED TO 80,000 TO 100,000 FT. (24,000-30,000M) TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, & WIND SPEED.

Technical

ALTHOUGH THIS COMPONENT NEVER FLEW, IT IS TYPICAL OF APPARATUS USED FOR UPPERATMOSPHERIC STUDIES IN THE EARLY 1970'S. TIN FOIL RELEASED FROM THE SONDE ALLOWED RADAR TRACKING TO DETERMINE WIND SPEED. SPACE DATA CORP. MADE APPROXIMATELY 1000 SONDES PER YEAR.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABELS READING '501-12 DATASONDE, S/N 14500' & 'BODY ASSY. OGIVE/ STOCK NO./ PART NO. 67H57269/ SERIAL NO. 8200/ CONTRACT NO. F42600-72-C-2102/ SPACE DATA CORPORATION/ U.S.'/ BLACK STAMPED '8200; ON BODY/ INTERNAL DECALS READ 'Space Data Corporation/ DATASONDE/ P/N 501-12 S/N 14500/ ORDER NO. F42600-72-C-2102' & 'TAIL, DELAY & EJECT ASSY./ S/N 8220/ P/N 67D57262 F42600-72-C-2102/ SPACE DATA CORPORATION/ U.S.'

Missing

None noted

Finish

WHITE SYNTHETIC COVERING/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

BLACK LETTERING ON METAL PARACHUTE CASING READS 'PARACHUTE METEOROLOGICAL/ A/B/ 280-5 (STARUTE)/ UNIT NO. 5-7387 UNIT WT. 159.1 GRAM/ DATE OF MFG. 8-11-72/ SPACE DATA CORPORATION'