Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Barnes Engineering
- Summary
- This unflown horizon sensor was part of the stabilization system used on Agena upper stages. These spacecraft were the first with 3-axis stabilization. Developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space, Agenas carried a number of civilian and military payloads into space from the late 1950s into the 1980s.
- This horizon sensor was built by Barnes Engineering and NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center transferred it to the Museum in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Manned Spacecraft Center.
- Inventory Number
- A19731177000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Guidance & Control
- Materials
- Anodized Aluminum, Aluminum, Adhesive, Unknown Plating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 25.4 x 21.3 x 7.6cm (10 x 8 3/8 x 3 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19731177000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c7244e48-d63b-4495-b720-9e753c5cf964
