OSO series

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The OSO series was a group of early NASA Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites designed to study the Sun’s ultraviolet and X-ray emissions from space.

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instanceOf NASA space observatory program
satellite program
contributedTo development of space-based solar monitoring
understanding of solar corona heating
understanding of solar flares
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
dataUsedFor X-ray source catalogues
solar cycle studies
space weather research
endTime 1975
field astrophysics
heliophysics
space science
followedBy Skylab solar observatory NERFINISHED
Solar Maximum Mission NERFINISHED
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Orbiting Solar Observatory program NERFINISHED
hasPart OSO-1 NERFINISHED
OSO-2 NERFINISHED
OSO-3 NERFINISHED
OSO-4 NERFINISHED
OSO-5 NERFINISHED
OSO-6 NERFINISHED
OSO-7 NERFINISHED
OSO-8 NERFINISHED
launchAgency NASA NERFINISHED
launchVehicleUsed Delta rocket family NERFINISHED
manufacturer Ball Brothers Research Corporation NERFINISHED
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NERFINISHED
notableFor first long-term space-based solar observatories
pioneering solar X-ray astronomy
pioneering solar ultraviolet astronomy
numberOfSatellites 8
observes Sun NERFINISHED
operator NASA
orbits Earth NERFINISHED
orbitType low Earth orbit
powerSource solar panels
precededBy early suborbital solar rocket experiments
primaryObjective solar physics research
study of the Sun
spacecraftBus spin-stabilized platform
startTime 1962
studies solar X-ray emissions
solar corona
solar flares
solar spectrum
solar ultraviolet emissions

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