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OBJECT TYPE: OCEAN SURVEILLANCE/NUCLEAR
DATE: 1976–1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1334.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: COSMOS 954
LOCATION: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: UNKNOWN- PROBABLY LARGELY SYNTHETIC & METAL COMPOSITION. MOUNTED ON WOODEN CYLINDER FOR DISPLAY.

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.0 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 10.0 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: Unknown
Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS SATELLITE LAUNCHED SEPT. 1977; RE-ENTERED EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE 24 JAN 1978.
Canada: COSMOS 954 DEBRIS LANDED IN NORTHERN CANADA IN JANUARY, 1978. KNOWN PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR ON SATELLITE RAISED CONCERN ABOUT NATURE OF DEBRIS WHICH SURVIVED RE-ENTRY. APPROX. 65 KG OF MATERIAL RECOVERED, AND ALL BUT ONE FRAGMENT FOUND TO BE RADIOACTIVE. BILL FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CLEAN-UP PRESENTED TO SOVIET GOV'T
Function: ORIGINALLY COMPOSED CASING OF OCEAN SURVEILLANCE SATELLITE MANUFACTURED IN USSR.
Technical: COLLECTED AS EXAMPLE OF DEBRIS RECOVERED FROM RUSSIAN SATELLITE COSMOS 954, THE FIRST NUCLEAR-POWERED RADAR OCEAN SURVEILLANCE SATELLITE TO FAIL AND MANOEUVRE TO STORAGE ORBIT. THIS FRAGMENT FROM SECTION REFERRED TO AS THE "STOVEPIPE", FOUND AT GREAT SLAVE LAKE, NWT. (REF. 2, P.16)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE.
Missing: AS EXAMPLE OF DEBRIS, PIECE IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF.
Finish: IRREGULAR SHAPED BLACK MASS HAS FLAKY OR FIBROUS TEXTURED APPEARANCE.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Satellite part, circa 1976–1977, Artifact no. 1988.1334, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1334.001/

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