This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Telstar maser assembly with magnet, made by Mullard Research Laboratories, Redhill, Surrey, England, 1962-1967.
Maser stands for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. When this maser was designed, signals relayed through communications satellites were very weak when they returned to the earth, meaning that they needed to be amplified. This maser was designed to efficiently amplify the signal whilst avoiding amplifying background noise from the signal. The signal would leave the maser 10,000 time stronger than when it arrives. It was used at the Goonhilly satellite station in Cornwall to amplify signals from the Telstar satellite.
Details
- Category:
- Radio Communication
- Object Number:
- 1967-427
- Materials:
- copper (alloy), foam, iron, magnets and plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1180 mm x 690 mm x 610 mm, 197kg
- type:
- maser
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- scientific equipment
- credit:
- Donated by Mullard Research Laboratories
