OSO 7
(Orbiting Solar Observatory 7, OSO H)
(1970s observatory-satellite for viewing the Sun)
OSO 7 (for Orbiting Solar Observatory 7) was a
NASA satellite
in service from 1971 to 1974 for solar observation,
the seventh of the eight successful satellites in NASA's
Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) program.
(One additional OSO satellite was unsuccessful due to a
rocket mishap during deployment.)
OSO 7 instruments included:
- "GSFC X-ray and EUV Spectroheliograph".
- "NRL White-light coronagraph".
- "UCSD Hard Solar X-ray Monitoring Instrument".
- "UNH Solar gamma-ray Monitor".
- "MIT Cosmic X-ray Experiment".
- "UCSD Cosmic X-ray Experiment".
Its observation included non-Solar targets as well, 185 listed in
the 1979 MIT/OSO 7 Catalog of X-ray Sources.
(telescope,solar,spacecraft,past,NASA)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSO_7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Solar_Observatory
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/oso7/oso7.html
Referenced by pages:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
solar physics
solar telescope
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