AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model, 1982-84

AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Experiment) United Kingdom Subsatellite, engineering model, 1982-1984.

Details

Category:
Space Technology
Object Number:
1986-1439
Materials:
metal (unknown), steel (metal), aluminium alloy, brass (copper, zinc alloy), plastic (unidentified) and electrical components
Measurements:
overall: 460 mm x x , 1090 mm, 74kg
type:
satellite and model
credit:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Parts

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

AMPTE, United Kingdom Subsatellite, engineering model, participant in Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Experiment

Object Number:
1986-1439/1
type:
satellite and model - representation
Wheeled Metal Transit Case for AMPTE

Wheeled Metal Transit Case for AMPTE

Wheeled metal (aluminium) transit case for AMPTE, United Kingdom Subsatellite, engineering model

Measurements:
overall: 1220 mm x 1360 mm x 1520 mm, 155 kg
Materials:
aluminium (metal)
Object Number:
1986-1439/2
type:
transit case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Steel pole with a bracket welded to each end

Steel pole with a bracket welded to each end

Steel pole with a bracket welded to each end, from the AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model, 1982-1984

Materials:
steel (metal) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1986-1439/3
type:
bracket