Apollo Telescope Mount

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The Apollo Telescope Mount was a solar observatory module used on NASA’s Skylab space station to conduct detailed studies of the Sun in multiple wavelengths.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Skylab module
solar observatory
space-based solar telescope
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crewOperated true
dataReturn photographic film
decommissionedWith Skylab program
surface form: Skylab
developedBy Marshall Space Flight Center
surface form: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
followedBy Solar Maximum Mission
hasFeature astronaut-operated controls
film-based data recording system
pointing control system
hasInstrument H-alpha telescope
X-Ray Telescope
surface form: X-ray telescope

ultraviolet telescope
white-light coronagraph
launchComplex Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
surface form: Launch Complex 39A
launchDate 1973-05-14
launchedWith Skylab 1
surface form: Skylab Orbital Workshop
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
launchVehicle Saturn V
locatedIn low Earth orbit
manufacturer Marshall Space Flight Center
mass approximately 11,000 kilograms
mountedOn Skylab multiple docking adapter
notableResult extensive time-series observations of solar activity
first detailed X-ray images of the solar corona from space
observes Sun
operationalPeriodEnd 1974
operationalPeriodStart 1973
operator NASA
partOf Skylab program
surface form: Skylab
powerSource solar panels
precededBy OSO series
primaryScienceGoal study solar active regions
study solar corona
study solar flares
study solar ultraviolet emission
program Skylab program
usedDuringMission Skylab 2
Skylab 3
Skylab 4
usedFor multiwavelength observations of the Sun
solar observation
solar physics research
wavelengthCoverage X-ray
extreme ultraviolet
ultraviolet
visible light

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Skylab program scientificInstrument Apollo Telescope Mount
Skylab 4 usedInstrument Apollo Telescope Mount