General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC BODY WITH FOIL COVERED PARTS, SYNTHETIC PARTS, METAL SUPPORT FRAME & PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC FRAME, SAIL

Dimensions

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

Length

301.0 cm

Width

52.0 cm

Height

69.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Earth observation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MODELTECH

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

MODEL: 2002+

Canada

RADARSAT IS ONE OF HIGHLIGHTS OF CANADA'S SPACE ACTIVITIESIN LAST DECADE. INITIALLY CONCEIVED TO MONITOR ICE CONDITIONS, SATELLITE HAS PROVIDED IMAGES OF FLOODING ON RED & SAGUENAY RIVERS, OIL SPILLS IN OCEANS ETC. & HELPED TO MAP ANTARCTICA. RADARSAT II IS BEING BUILT BY MACDONALD, DETTWILLER & ASSOCIATES, RICHMOND, BC.

Function

SMALL SCALE MODEL OF RADARSAT II SPACECRAFT, MADE TO DISPLAY ITS CONSTRUCTION & DEMONSTRATE ITS FUNCTIONING. RADARSAT IS EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE USED FOR MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS & EVENTS, MAPPING OF EARTH'S GEOLOGICAL FEATURES & NATURAL RESOURCES ETC.

Technical

RADARSAT II, SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN 2003, WILL SUCCEED RADARSAT I AS WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL EARTH OBSERVATION RADAR SATELLITE. OTHER SATELLITES WILL HAVE GREATER RESOLUTION THAN RADARSAT'S 3 M., BUT LATTER IS ONLY ONE CAPABLE OF OPERATING THROUGH CLOUD COVER, ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER & ICE MONITORING APPLICATIONS (REF.1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE APPARENT

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 UPRIGHT SECTION COVERED WITH GOLD FOIL WITH RED OUTLINED MIRROR PANELS; BLACK & GRAY PAINTED BARS ON SIDES; WHITE, GREY, BLUE SYNTHETIC PARTS; GOLD PAINTED PARTS; BLACK FLAT SECTION WITH SILVER FOIL ON UNDERSIDE; WHITE PAINTED SUPPORT FRAME & WHITE OUTLINE MIRROR PANELS ON UPPER SIDE; GREY PAINTED PARTS ALONG SIDES/.2-.3 WHITE END FRAME, SOLAR ARRAYS BLACK ON ONE SIDE WITH WHITE OUTLINED BLUE PANELS ON OTHER

Decoration

N/A