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Orbiting Solar Observatory

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO), series of eight orbiting observatories (see observatory, orbiting ) launched between 1962 and 1971 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the sun in the ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths filtered out by the earth's atmosphere. The third to be launched, OSO-C, failed to achieve orbit. The other seven studied solar ultraviolet radiation and cosmic rays, measured radiation levels in the Van Allen radiation belts , detected neutrons, and investigated X-ray sources in the Milky Way and beyond. Through continuous monitoring of the... Read more
Orbiting Solar Observatory
A Dictionary of Astronomy Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) A series of NASA satellites, which...emission from the Sun during an entire solar cycle. Eight were launched between 1962...first observations of gamma rays from solar flares, and bursts of hard X-rays and... Read more
orbiting observatory
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...observatories. The U.S. Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) program, comprising...magnetosphere and on the solar wind . The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) program comprised...Another European-built orbiting observatory, the Solar and Heliospheric ... Read more

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