General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Mutliple layers of metallic and synthetic materials

Dimensions

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

Length

15.8 cm

Width

15.3 cm

Height

7.0 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

2006+

Canada

This item came from the David Florida Laboratory, which is the Canadian Space Agency's spacecraft assembly, integration and testing centre, in Shirleys Bay [just west of Ottawa]. It is a sample of the thermal protective covering used on the Canadian earth observation satellite Radarsat 2. Launched in December 2007, this commercial radar satellite is used in marine surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping in Canada and around the world. This project was a collaboration between government and industry. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) owns and operates the satellite and ground segment. The Canadian Space Agency helped fund the construction and launch of the satellite and will recover this investment through the supply of RADARSAT-2 data to the Government of Canada during the lifetime of the mission.

Function

A sample of the protective covering of the Radarsat 2 satellite, deigned to provide a barrier around the spacecraft to keep heat in and/or out and so maintain thermal stabilization.

Technical

An example of the kind of materials used circa 2006 to protect satellites from excess heat.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Gold, silver and copper coloured metallic sheets/ White synthetic

Decoration

N/A