The Orbiting Solar Observatory (abbreviated OSO) Program was the name of a series of American space telescopes primarily intended to study the Sun, though...
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The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a Sun-observing probe developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
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OSO 3 (redirect from Third Orbiting Solar Observatory)
OSO 3 (Orbiting Solar Observatory 3), or Third Orbiting Solar Observatory (known as OSO E2 before launch) was launched on March 8, 1967, into a nearly...
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The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which has been observing the Sun since 2010. Launched on 11 February 2010, the observatory is part...
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The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi...
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responsible for starting the series of Orbiting Solar Observatories (OSOs) that produced many of the advances in solar physics and astrophysics in the 1960s...
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Sun (redirect from Solar diameter)
gathered in the center, whereas the rest flattened into an orbiting disk that became the Solar System. The central mass became so hot and dense that it...
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OSO 7 (redirect from Seventh Orbiting Solar Observatory)
Orbiting Solar Observatory 7 (NSSDC ID: 1971-083A), before launch known as OSO H is the seventh in the series of American Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites...
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near two orbiting bodies Solar space missions Advanced Composition Explorer – NASA satellite of the Explorer program Solar Dynamics Observatory – NASA mission...
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The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2, nicknamed Stargazer) was the first successful space telescope (first space telescope being OAO-1, which...
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Space telescope (redirect from Orbiting observatory)
1946, the first operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, OAO-2 launched in 1968, and the Soviet Orion 1 ultraviolet...
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Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO) Program of NASA refers to the six satellites launched by the United States that were in use from September 1964...
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focusing on the character of Jean-Luc Picard Picard (satellite), an orbiting solar observatory built by CNES Picard (grape), an alternative name for several...
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United States Congress. The target was the Solwind P78-1, an orbiting solar observatory that was launched on 24 February 1979. On 13 September 1985, Maj...
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NASA. In 1962, the first Orbiting Solar Observatory was launched, followed by the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) that carried out ultraviolet...
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describing the Orbiting Observatory series of spacecraft, such as Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO), Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO), and Orbiting Astronomical...
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list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small Solar System...
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Oakville Symphony Orchestra Ose (demon) or Oso Onsala Space Observatory Orbiting Solar Observatory, series of nine satellites OSO 3 OSO 7 Ottawa Symphony Orchestra...
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Sun-synchronous orbit, with an orbital period of around 94 minutes. Xuntian Clark, Stephen (18 October 2021). "China launches orbiting solar observatory". Spaceflight...
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STEREO (redirect from Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory)
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft (STEREO-A, STEREO-B) were launched in...
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Astronomy and Solar Physics at NASA from 1961 to 1963. During this time, she oversaw the development of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) program,...
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won a contract to build some of NASA's first spacecraft, the Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites. The company has been responsible for numerous technological...
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Hubble Space Telescope (category Space telescopes orbiting Earth)
and NASA launched the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) to obtain UV, X-ray, and gamma-ray spectra in 1962. An orbiting solar telescope was launched in...
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extraterrestrial observatory. Spitzer devoted much of his career to pushing for a space telescope. The 1966–1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory missions demonstrated...
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The Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 with the mission of making...
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Our Solar System's Future - Giant Gas Planet Orbiting a Dead Star Gives Glimpse Into the Predicted Aftermath of our Sun's Demise". Keck Observatory. Retrieved...
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notable Earth-orbiting craft.[vague] It does not include: Centuries of terrestrial telescopic observation. The great majority of Earth-orbiting satellites...
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on NASA's Orbiting Solar Observatory 8 satellite 1980 – The X-ray polarimeter (XRP) on NASA's Solar Maximum Mission satellite 1985 – The Solar Optical Universal...
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Observatory, US 1894: Lowell Observatory, US 1895: Theodor Jacobsen Observatory, US 1897: Yerkes Observatory, US 1899: Kodaikanal Solar Observatory,...
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Planet (redirect from List of solar system bodies formerly considered planets)
is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. The Solar System has eight planets by the...
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