Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
- Summary
- Applications Technology Satellite 6 (ATS 6), active from 1974-1979, was the last in the ATS series of experimental satellites sponsored by NASA to test new technologies in space communications. ATS-6 operated from geostationary orbit and contained nineteen communications and technology experiments. The Museum's artifact is a full-scale Thermal Structural Model used as an engineering tool during development of the actual satellite to analyze and design for the effects of launch vibration and the extreme temperatures of space.
- The reflector support fixture rests on the structural hub tower support. Both are used during testing to facilitate deployment of the parabolic reflector antenna.
- The Museum's artifact was transferred from NASA in 1978.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19780163017
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed
- Materials
- Aluminum, Paint, Kapton (Polymide), Plastic, Adhesive, Dacron Mesh, Magnesium, Steel, Adhesive Metallic and Painted Tape, Electrical Wiring
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 177.8 x 38.1cm (5ft 10in. x 1ft 3in.)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- One World Connected
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19780163017
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv986bfb55f-803c-46ea-8355-8f92e2f74827
