The Orbiting Solar Observatories were the earliest set of satellites designed to study the Sun. They arose from even earlier sounding rockets flights that showed the importance of getting above the Earth's atmosphere to observe the Sun.

This page is currently under construction. Please visit the web links listed below.

Web Links

OSO-1 - The OSO-1 webpage at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

OSO-1 - The OSO-1 webpage at Goddard Space Flight Center

OSO-2 - The OSO webpage at Encyclopedia Astronautica

OSO-3 - The OSO-3 webpage at Goddard Space Flight Center

OSO-4 - The OSO-4 webpage at Goddard Space Flight Center

OSO-5 - The OSO-5 webpage at Goddard Space Flight Center

OSO-6 - The OSO-6 webpage at Goddard Space Flight Center

OSO-7 - The OSO-7 webpage at Goddard Space Flight Center

OSO-8 - The OSO-8 webpage at Goddard Space Flight Center

Author: Dr. David H. Hathaway, david.hathaway@msfc.nasa.gov, (256) 961-7610
Mail Code SD50, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812

Responsible Official: Dr. John M. Davis, john.m.davis@msfc.nasa.gov, (256) 961-7600
Mail Code SD50, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812

Curator

Last revised 2002 April 09 - D. H. Hathaway