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ORBITING SOLAR OBSERVATORY [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

orbiting solar observatory : an item in the "Aerospace Transportation Tools and Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

observatoire solaire sur orbite : objet de la classe «Outillage et équipement de transport aérospatial» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • The Sun (Astronomy)
CONT

As a result of a recommendation by the 1962 Iowa Summer Study conducted by the Space Science Board, NASA commenced to develop an Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory(AOSO) capable of carrying much larger instruments than OSO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Soleil (Astronomie)

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
CONT

Orbiting Geophysical Observatory(OGO), series of six orbiting observatories launched between 1964 and 1969 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) to study the earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere and the solar wind. In order to provide global coverage, three of the satellites(OGO-2, OGO-4, and OGO-6) were launched into low polar orbits while the other three(OGO-1, OGO-3, and OGO-5) were placed in eccentric orbits ranging out as far as almost 92, 830 mi(150, 000 km). Each observatory carried 20-25 instruments, including cosmic ray detectors, counters, and telescopes, ionization chambers, Geiger counters, magnetometers, spectrometers, photometers, micrometeoroid detectors, and ion and electron traps. Among the significant achievements of the OGO program were the first observations of daytime auroras and of the protons responsible for the ring of electric current that surrounds the earth during magnetic storms, the collection of data showing the interaction of the solar wind with the earth's magnetosphere, and the verification of the existence of the plasmapause, the inner boundary of the region of trapped radiation in the magnetosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)

Spanish

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