General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD (OAK?) BASE/ METAL (BRASS?) PLAQUE, CHAINS FOR HANGING, & PINS.

Dimensions

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

Length

43.6 cm

Width

46.0 cm

Height

3.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1987

Canada

ALOUETTE 1 WAS CANADA'S FIRST SPACECRAFT, FIRST TO BE DESIGNED & BUILT BY NATION OTHER THAN USA OR USSR.

Function

PLAQUE COMMEMORATING 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF LAUNCH OF THE ALOUETTE 1 SATELLITE, INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED ON THE PROGRAM A YEAR OR MORE IN DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, TESTING OR OPERATION. THE PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT NMST, 29 SEPT. 1987.

Technical

ALOUETTE 1 WAS CANADA'S ENTRY INTO SPACE & THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE PROGRAM WERE PIONEERS IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF SPACECRAFT. ALOUETTE PROVIDED IMPETUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN SPACE INDUSTRY, WHICH PROVIDED SOME COMPONENTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BILINGUAL INCISED BROWN LETTERING READING: 'On the Occasion of/ The Silver Anniversary/ of Canada in Space/ This plaque is dedicated to the pioneers whose outstanding/ contribution to the Alouette I program launched Canada's/ first quarter century in space.', 'Dedicated in Ottawa, September 29, 1987', 'The Honourable Robert R. de Cotret/ Minister for Regional/ Industrial Expansion and/ Minister of State/ for Science and Technology', 'The Honourable Frank Oberle/ Minister of State/ (Science and Technology)'/ 105 SMALL RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH INCISED BROWN NAMES ATTACHED TO PLAQUE FRONT.

Missing

ONE OF THE PINS ATTACHING METAL PLATE TO WOOD BASE.

Finish

WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ BRUSHED BRASS COLOURED PLAQUE, BRASSCOLOURED CHAINS & PINS.

Decoration

INCISED BROWN CANADIAN CREST.