AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model, 1982-84

Made:: 1982-1984 in England

designer:: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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

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AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

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

Measurements:: overall: 860 mm x 1300 mm x 1250 mm, 1000 mm,

Materials:: plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1986-1439/1

type:: satellite and model - representation

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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

Steel rod

Steel rod

Steel rod, threaded at one end, with metal sleeve and black rubber sphere at other end, from the AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model, 1982-1984

Materials:: steel (metal) , metal (unknown) and rubber (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1986-1439/4

type:: rods

Steel bracket

Steel bracket

Steel bracket, painted, from the AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model, 1982-1984.

Materials:: steel (metal) , metal (unknown) and paint

Object Number:: 1986-1439/5

type:: bracket