SED Systems Ltd.

Title

SED Systems Ltd.
Calian SED

Type

Company

Subject

Image Name Function
Antenna Antenna SATELLITE EARTH STATION USED TO RECEIVE HIGH FREQUENCY TELEVISION SIGNALS...
Receiver, satellite signal Receiver, satellite signal OUTDOOR COMPONENT OF EARTH TERMINAL USED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM...
Receiver, satellite signal Receiver, satellite signal INDOOR COMPONENT OF EARTH TERMINAL USED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM...
Antenna Antenna PART OF EARTH TERMINAL USED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM ANIK...
Demodulator Demodulator PART OF HACBSS EARTH TERMINAL, WHICH RECEIVED TELEVISION SIGNALS ALONGWITH...
Amplifier, field effect transistor Amplifier, field effect transistor nan
Monitor, grain loss USED TO PROVIDE THE COMBINE OPERATOR WITH A CONTINUOUS LOOK...
Control unit Control unit A CONTROL UNIT FOR THE TRACKING ANTENNA OF A RADIOSONDE...
Control unit Control unit A CONTROL UNIT FOR THE TRACKING ANTENNA OF A RADIOSONDE...
Control unit Control unit nan
Spectrophotometer Spectrophotometer A spectroscopic device used to photometrically measure relative intensities of...
Manual PROCEDURAL MANUALS FOR CTS/HERMES ATTITUDE ACQUISITION
Monitor, power nan

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Begin Date

1965-01-01

Active Until

Ongoing

Location

18 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK (2023)

Product Areas

Meteorology
Spectroscopy
Space

Activities

Manufacturing
Designing

Timeline

- 1965 – Founded in collaboration/alongside the University of Saskatchewan’s Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies. (“Space Engineering Division”)

- 1972 – SED Systems is formed when The Space Engineering Division at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering spun off to become a commercial company. (“Our history”)

- 1979 – Produces prototypes of the Brewer spectrophotometer. (SED SYSTEMS LTD., Ingenium)

- 2001-2013 – Produced deep-space antennas for the European Space Agency. (Wikipedia)

- 2017 – Operating as a division of the Calian Group Ltd. of Ottawa, ON (Wikipedia)

- 2018 – Known as “Calian SED”. (“Calian’s SED Division Wins…”)

- 2020 – Calian SED has new director Rob Vance. (“Calian SED Announces”)

- 2024 – Part of Calian Ltd. Advanced Technologies, located at 18 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon.

Sources

“Calian’s SED Division Wins Its Largest Satellite Ground Systems Contract” Insider Tracking, May 23, 2018 (https://m.insidertracking.com/calian-s-sed-division-wins-its-largest-satellite-ground-systems-contract) [20-08-24]

“Calian SED Announces New Director, Satellite Ground Antenna Systems” Calian – News and Media, January 24, 2020 (https://www.calian.com/news-media/calian-sed-announces-new-director-satellite-ground-antenna-systems/) [20-08-24]

“Our history” College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan (https://engineering.usask.ca/about/history.php#top) [20-08-24]

Ralko, Joe “Space Engineering Division” Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina (https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/space_engineering_division_sed.html) [24-08-24]

“SED Systems” Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SED_Systems) [24-08-24]

SED SYSTEMS LTD., Spectrophotometer, 1979, Artifact no. 2000.0004, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, (http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2000.0004.001/) [20-08-24]

Files

040 - SED Systems - Model 912 Grain Loss Monitor Manual

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Citation

“SED Systems Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/40.

Output Formats

Item Relations

This Item dcterms:creator Item: Brewer Spectrophotometer Prototype