OSO-3 (Third Orbiting Solar Observatory) spacecraft
OSO-3 was NASA’s third Orbiting Solar Observatory, launched in 1967 to study the Sun and survey cosmic X-ray and gamma-ray radiation before its last data transmission in 1969.
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- Aliases
- OSO-3Third Orbiting Solar Observatory
- Family Name
- OSO-3
- Full Name
- OSO-3 (Third Orbiting Solar Observatory) spacecraft
- Roles
- observatoryorbiterresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- OSO-3 was NASA’s third Orbiting Solar Observatory, launched in 1967 to study the Sun and survey cosmic X-ray and gamma-ray radiation before its last data transmission in 1969.
- First Flight Year
- 1,967
- Last Flight Year
- 1,969
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:40:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 15:33:15 UTC