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    Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2, nicknamed Stargazer) was the first successful space telescope (first space telescope being OAO-1, which failed to operate...
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    The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) satellites were a series of four American space observatories launched by NASA between 1966 and 1972, managed...
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    operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, OAO-2 launched in 1968, and the Soviet Orion 1 ultraviolet telescope aboard space...
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    ultraviolet came in January 1970 when the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2) acquired the spectrum of comet C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka) and verified...
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    were colliding and breaking up molecules of water and carbon monoxide. OAO-2 ('Stargazer') discovered large halos of hydrogen gas around comets. Space...
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    sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "OAO TMK" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2016) (Learn how...
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    Retrieved 1 April 2022. Garner, Rob (10 December 2018). "50th Anniversary of OAO 2: NASA's 1st Successful Stellar Observatory". NASA. Archived from the original...
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    (OAO) in the Internet Encyclopedia of Science". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-28. "Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO-2"...
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    GAZ (redirect from OAO GAZ)
    industrial group. JSC Russian Machines is the controlling shareholder in OAO GAZ. In May 1929 the Soviet Union signed an agreement with the American Ford...
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    operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, OAO-2 launched in 1968, and the Soviet Orion 1 ultraviolet telescope aboard space...
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    Observatory (OAO) mission. OAO-1's battery failed after three days, terminating the mission. It was followed by Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2), which...
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  • for achievements by each space agency. Soviet spacecraft Vega 1 and Vega 2 and ESA spacecraft Giotto all made a flyby of Halley's Comet the year after...
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    smaller-scale OAO telescopes first in order to demonstrate the necessary technologies. She felt that even the modest 12 inch (30.5 cm) telescopes of OAO-2, which...
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    performed in Earth's shadow to eliminate the effects of the Sun, starting 2 minutes after the satellite entering the shadow and ending 10 minutes before...
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    leaders of the OAO-2 project, an orbiting satellite that had light sensors, spectrometers, and various other radiation detectors. Data from OAO-2 demonstrated...
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    out measurements of known variable X-ray sources. Einstein Probe carries 2 scientific instruments: the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT), and the Follow-up...
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  • Sollers JSC (redirect from OAO Sollers)
    Sollers, formerly known as OAO Severstal-Auto, is a Russian company holding controlling blocks of shares of OAO Ulyanovsk Automobile Works (UAZ), Zavolzhye...
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  • Bashneft (redirect from Bashneft' ANK OAO)
    27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014. Russia has seized 71.6 percent of OAO Bashneft from Sistema since ordering Evtushenkov's arrest on Sept. 16 in...
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    "Vincennes". NASA launched the second Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2), nicknamed Stargazer, into orbit from Cape Kennedy. Four days later, it...
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    ОАО «Российские железные дороги» (ОАО «РЖД»), romanized: OAO Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (OAO RZhD)) is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated...
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  • Russneft (redirect from OAO Russneft)
    amounted to about ₽700 million, and the income of Ulyanovskneft reached ₽2 billion. In late January 2007, authorities began investigating the company...
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    Tatneft (redirect from Tatneft OAO)
    "Fitch release on OAO Tatneft". Reuters. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2009. Vladimir Soldatkin (5 May 2005). "Tatneft to seek up to $1.2 bln for refinery"...
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  • Chelyabinsk, Minsk (Belarus), Perm, Belgorod and Yaroslavl. "Sed'moy kontinent OAO". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-03-08. "Gruzdev Family Exiting Sedmoi Kontinent"...
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    One particular success was the second Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2), which had a number of 20 cm (7.9 in) UV telescopes on board. It was launched...
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    2022. "European exchanges body votes to exclude Moscow Exchange". Reuters. 2 March 2022. "Britain Revokes Recognized Status Of Moscow Stock Exchange In...
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74 '75 '76 '77 '78 '79 '80 '81 '82 '83   Success   Failure   Partial failure 1 2 3 4...
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  • Capital's shareholders sold their 26 per cent holding in OAO Aeroflot in 2003 and a 50 per cent stake in OAO Russian Aluminium (UC RUSAL), now the world's largest...
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    Lukoil (redirect from OAO Lukoil)
    "ПАО "Лукойл"". www.rusprofile.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-08. "OAO Lukoil – Company history". Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011. "Russia's...
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  • Mechel (redirect from Mechel OAO)
    Igor Zyuzin was elected as Chairman of the Board of Mechel Steel Group OAO in January 2004. Mechel acquired Posyet Sea Commercial Port on the Russian...
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    curves. Nova Serpentis was also observed by the NASA space observatory OAO-2 Stargazer, active from 1968 to 1973. The nova was important for science...
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