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... present facilities?" (New Orleans Times-Picayune, 9/29/71)'' September 29-30: NASA's OSO 7 (OSO-H) Orbiting Solar Observatory was launched from ETR at 5:45 am EDT by two ... . Batteries were then charged. Orbit would permit observations for more than a year. OSO 7, improved over earlier OSOs, provided for increase in experiment size and weight and power and extended capability ... sail (upper), which carried pointed experiments. Experiments, designed to continue and extend work of preceding oso space-craft, were provided by Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC , NRL, MIT , Univ. of New ...

... oriented toward sun. Experiments, designed to continue and extend work of preceding Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO spacecraft, were provided by University College (London) and Univ. of Leicester, Univ. of Paris, Univ ... monkey, Pioneer E interplanetary spacecraft, Applications Technology Satellite (ATS), Orbiting Solar Observatory ( Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO ), Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO), and two U.K. comsats. Western Test Range WTR launches would ...

... min; and inclination, 32.9°. Fourth of eight spacecraft in NASA's Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO program to provide direct observation of the sun during most of an 11-yr solar cycle, Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO IV weighed 599 lbs, carried nine experiments, was designed for a six-month lifetime, and ... and contained solar cells and three solar pointing experiments. Primary purpose of Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO IV was to obtain high-resolution spectral data within the range 1A-1350A from pointed ...

... total solar eclipse. Experiments, designed to continue and extend work of preceding Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO spacecraft, were provided by Harvard College Observatory, Naval Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ." Los Alamos Scientific ... and seven of eight experiments operating satisfactorily after six months in orbit. Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO program was managed by Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC under OSSA direction. ''(NASA. Proj Off ...

... atmosphere by measuring the intensity and distribution of solar radiation resonantly scattered by these atoms. Oso 8 was the ninth, and last, in a series of spin-stabilized orbiting solar observatories ... the equator; and synoptic observations of "holes" in the corona that survived several solar rotations. Oso 8-built by Hughes Aircraft Co.-was managed by Goddard Space Flight Center under the ...

... of the "sunshine" satellites that had begun investigating the sun with the launch of Oso 1 in 1962, Oso 8 (launched from Cape Canaveral June 21, 1975) had surpassed its 1-yr ... solar chromosphere and transition regions, giving scientists a better understanding of these. Dr. Roger Thomas, Oso 8 project scientist at GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC , said that the lessons learned from ... of the solar maximum mission in Oct. 1979. The nonsolar high-energy astrophysics experiments on Oso 8 also had made significant observations of the celestial sphere. These experiments had been superseded ...

... and contained solar cells and two solar pointing experiments. Primary purpose of Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO III was to obtain high-resolution spectral data in the range SA-1300A from pointed ... were designed to continue and extend work of Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO I (launched March 7, 1963) and Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO II (launched Feb. 3, 1965) spacecraft by collecting data on ...

... MORs, 9, 23 Jan 75; NASA Releases 74-329, 75-31) 22 January. NASA's Oso 5 Orbiting Solar Observatory began its 7th yr in earth orbit. Launched 22 Jan. 1969 to study the sun and its influence on earth's atmosphere, Oso 5 had completed more than 34 000 orbits. It was the fifth of eight spacecraft ... launch but was reactivated in July 1974 after decay of the orbit of Oso 7 (launched 29 Sept. 1971). Oso 5, which had a planned lifetime of 6 mo, was obtaining data ...

... .pdf Space News for this day. (2MB PDF) Orbiting Solar Observatory II OSO II ( Orbiting Solar Observatory B OSO B2 ), NASA's Orbiting Solar Observatory , was successfully launched into orbit from Cape ... eight spacecraft planned by NASA for direct observation of the min; Orbiting Solar Observatory II OSO II tarried eight scientific experiments and had two main sections: the wheel (lower) section provided ...

... from Kennedy Space Center , NASA, March 7, 1962, and February 3, 1965, Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO -C had provided more than 2,000 hrs, of scientific information during its lifetime; Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO II was still operating. The Orbiting Solar Observatory program was designed to advance understanding of ...

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