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[Astro0]

Going through a bunch of old boxes at work, I came across this model (possibly incomplete) of an early satellite or probe.
I can't find any details for it. Can anyone help identify it?



Many thanks
Astro0

[Astro0]

Thanks Air. I don't think that's it though.
The model is 16 sided with solar arrays on each face yet I'm pretty sure that there are missing parts.

If I don't find out what it is, it's not really an issue. Just curious as to what it was and possibly why we have a model of it in our archive.

[skyrocket71]

Thanks Air. I don't think that's it though.
The model is 16 sided with solar arrays on each face yet I'm pretty sure that there are missing parts.

If I don't find out what it is, it's not really an issue. Just curious as to what it was and possibly why we have a model of it in our archive.

The model seems to be quit crude. It is certainly not Pollux, as this one is not symetrical to it's "equator"

I have found two satellite types, which are quite similar, but not identical:

• IDCSP (Initial Defense Communication Satellite Program) comsats. But those habe solar cells around their "equator" http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/idcsp.htm
  
• GGTS (Gravity Gradient Test Satellite) has the same structure as IDCSP, but no solar cells. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ggts-1.htm
  

But perhaps, as this model is not quite rich in details, it might have represented one of those satellites.

best regards
Gunter
http://space.skyrocket.de

[ElkGroveDan]

It is certainly not Pollux, as this one is not symetrical to it's "equator"

The representation of Pollux above is an oblique view, which I "certainly" understood when I proposed it and assumed others would understand as well. I'm not asserting that it is Pollux, but I have more sense than to propose something with an entirely different geometric shape. Here is another image of the frame of Pollux mounted to Castor absent its external panels, and appearing quite, "symmetrical to it's equator." [sic]

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