Payload assembly

Title

Payload assembly

Creator

Bristol Aerospace Ltd.

Identifier

1989.0075.001

Function

PART OF ROCKET CONTAINING INSTRUMENTS & EXPERIEMENTS, IN THIS CASE, USED TO TAKE METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, & DENSITY DATA WERE TRANSMITTED TO GROUND RECEIVE STATION. DESCENT OF PAYLOAD BY PARACHUTE WAS ALSO TRACKED BY RADAR TO DETERMINE WIND VELOCITY & DIRECTION. PAYLOAD WAS LATER USED IN SCIENTIFIC SOUNDING ROCKET INVOLVED IN PROBING UPPER ATMOSPHERE (REF 1).

Model

BLACK BRANT 6

Files

https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/coll/60/007/1989-0075-001-aa-cs.jpeg
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https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/coll/60/001/1989-0075-001-ag-cs.jpeg

Collection

Artifacts

Citation

Bristol Aerospace Ltd., “Payload assembly,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed December 26, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/7621.

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