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    Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO) Program of NASA refers to the six satellites launched by the United States that were in use from September 1964...
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    were initiated with the arrival of data from the POGO (Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series of satellites (1965–1970). The characteristic signature...
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    describing the Orbiting Observatory series of spacecraft, such as Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO), Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO), and Orbiting Astronomical...
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    51583; -68.60000), a Remote Tracking Station (callsign: Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (POGO)) of the Air Force Satellite Control Network near Thule...
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    Astronomical Observatory of Modra (Slovak: Astronomické observatórium Modra), also known as Modra Observatory or the Astronomical and Geophysical observatory in...
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    the Earth's geophysical make-up and aided spacecraft orbiting the planet and navigating the universe. A second portion of the observatory was constructed...
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    gamma-ray, x-ray, and infrared observations. NASA launched the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory in the 1960s and 1970s to look down at Earth and observe its...
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    conducted in 1964 with Cosmos 49 and in the 1970s with the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory at 350–500 kilometres (220–310 mi) altitudes. This data was...
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    The Perth Observatory is the name of two astronomical observatories located in Western Australia (WA). In 1896, the original observatory was founded in...
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    host of research spacecraft have explored space weather. The Orbiting Geophysical Observatory series were among the first spacecraft with the mission of...
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    "Making Counter-Orbiting Tidal Debris – The Origin of the Milky Way Disc of Satellites" Cain, Fraser (22 May 2003). "Galaxy Orbiting Milky Way in the...
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    Apsis (category Orbits)
    across an orbit; it also refers simply to the extreme range of an object orbiting a host body (see top figure; see third figure). In orbital mechanics...
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    nearby SLC-1E and 1W in its capabilities of putting satellites into polar orbit. Over the next seven years, it was put into use 21 times for nineteen Agena...
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    failure when the Agena failed to restart, leaving it in LEO. Orbiting Geophysical Observatory was a series of NASA satellites flown between 1964 and 1969...
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    used instrument is the triaxial search-coil magnetometer. Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO missions - OGO-1 to OGO-6) The Vela (satellite) mission...
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    situated in Umeå, Uppsala and Lund. IRF, originally the Kiruna Geophysical Observatory, began as a department within the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences...
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    the base, and has a Remote Tracking Station (callsign: Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (POGO)) of the Satellite Control Network. It was originally...
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  • This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
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    (450 kg) Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO 1), its largest scientific satellite up to that time, from Cape Kennedy. OGO 1 would still be in orbit around...
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    two terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12. The first confirmation of an exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star was made...
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  • list of missions supporting heliophysics, including solar observatory missions, solar orbiters, and spacecraft studying the solar wind. List of solar telescopes...
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  • Thumbnail for International Geophysical Year
    early research at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, established in June, 1956. The origin of the International Geophysical Year can be traced to the International...
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  • scientist on the orbiting Geophysical Observatory Missions, Apollo-17, Apollo-Soyuz, Voyager, Pioneer Venus Multiprobe and Orbiter, Galileo, Comet Rendezvous...
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    named "E2"). January 6, 1961 STL awarded contract to build Orbiting Geophysical Observatories (OGO) to conduct experiments within Earth's atmosphere, magnetosphere...
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  • Space Base and has a Remote Tracking Station (callsign: Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (POGO)) of the Satellite Control Network. It was originally...
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    other missions. He was the PI of the Cosmic Ray Experiment on Orbiting Geophysical Observatory OSO-6 (1969), the PI of the Electrons and Hydrogen and Helium...
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    the orbit, and the propagation of its radio signals gave data about the ionosphere. Sputnik 1 was launched during the International Geophysical Year...
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    William Ruddiman (category Fellows of the American Geophysical Union)
    a Fellow of both the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union. Ruddiman has participated in 15 oceanographic cruises, and was...
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    their orbit by propulsion, usually by chemical or ion thrusters. As of 2018, about 90% of the satellites orbiting the Earth are in low Earth orbit or geostationary...
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    from cosmic rays K-index List of solar storms Orbiting Solar Observatory Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Space weather Cite error: The named reference...
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