The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2) was launched. The OAO program was developed to increase awareness of the benefits of orbiting telescopes to the scientific community. Four satellites were developed for this program between 1966 – 1972, but only two were launched successfully into low Earth orbit. This program was a precursor to…
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2) was launched. The OAO program was developed to increase awareness of the benefits of orbiting telescopes to the scientific community. Four satellites were developed for this program between 1966-1972, but only two were launched successfully into low Earth orbit. This program was a precursor to orbiting observatories like the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope and Kepler that observe the heavens in a certain spectrums above the Earth’s atmosphere.
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