Object Details
Manufacturer
Airborne Instruments Laboratory
Summary
This is a scale model of a small steerable radio-telescope. The telescope and its associated electronics cabinets in this model are located in what may be intended to represent a hermetic enclosure like a radome. This may be a study model or a display model for a radio-telescope that was part of the tracking and communications system for manned spacraft that monitored solar activity. It was transferred to NASM from the NASA Manned Space Flight Center in 1972.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19751494000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
MODELS-Miscellaneous
Materials
Unknown non-ferrous composition (possibly a white metal or brass), wooden base, paint, plastic, synthetic felt, fibreglass dome (possibly simulated)
Dimensions
Overall: 1ft x 9in. x 11in. (30.48 x 22.86 x 27.94cm)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19751494000