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PROJECT: OAO-A2
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OAO-A2 FACTS------------------------------------------7-8
OAO SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES-----------------------------9-10
OAO SPACECRAFT---------------------------------------11-13
OAO-A2 SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS------------------------14-17
OAO-I-------------------------------------------------38-19
ATLAS-CENTAUR LAUNCH VEHICLE--------------------------20-22
FLIGHT SEQUENCE---------------------------------------23-25
SPACECRAFT ORBITAL OPERATIONS-------------------------26-27
ASTRONOMY BACKGROUND----------------------------------28-34
NASA-INDUSTRY TEAM-------------------------------------35-37
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instellar gas (dust)--the matter from wnich stars are formed and
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The Andromeda nebula is a galaxy in the constellation
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be taking.
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The Smithsonian will survey and produce pictorial maps
of the sky.
Earth.
astronomy.
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OAO-B will carry the Goddard 38-inch aperture telescope.
reflecting telescope.
ment and Cook Electric Co., Morton Grove, Ill., made the
Wisconsin experiment.
effort.
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OAO-A2 FACT~S
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Experiments
Launch Information
Vehicle: Two stage Atlas-Centaur
Orbital Elements
npogee-Perivree: Circular, 480 statute miles
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Inclination: 35 degrees
Prime Contractors
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ORBITING SUN SHUTTER
ASTRONOMICAL
OBSERVATORY-A2 TELESCOPE BOOM
APERTURE
LAUNCH ATLAS/ ll
VEHICLE CENTAUR
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SPACECRAFT COMPLEXITY
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DATA HANKINSG 118,200 23,600 34,200
STABILIZATION GUIDANCE CONTROL
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0.40 SPACE CIi API
Star Trackers
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EXPERIMENT
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When the OAO-A2 has reached the plane of the Milky Way,
about one month after launching, Celescope will begin photo-
graphing 700 stars daily.
Smithsonian plans to publish the first ultraviolet
catalogue about six months after launching.
The four, identical high resolution telescopes, with
12.5-inch diameters, four filters and four image-forming
uvicon tubes will image sections of the sky about 2.8 degrees
in diameter in four spectral ranges.
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Battery power was lost after the 20th orb-t and no further
spacecraft data were received. The experiments were never
activated.
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Launch Complex: 36 B
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FLIGHT SEQUENCE
Atlas Phase
Centaur Phase
Separation
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OAO -A2 MISSION PHASES
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Retro Maneuver
Launch Window
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Atlas-Centaur Flight Sequence
Survival
Observatory Checkout
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OAO-A2 RATE AND POSITION SENSING SYSTEM
(RAPS)
SOLAR
OCCULTATION
SUN
SUN BATHING
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Extended Operations
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ASTRONOMY BACKGROUND
Birth
Growing Up
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When this happens the hot core of the star, where the
thermonuclear reactions have been occurring, is mostly helium.
The energy-producing processes in the star's interior have
changed and it begins to move away from the main sequence
category.
Stars with masses 1.1 to 1.4 times greater than the Sun
are generally understood. However, the destiny of the large,
massive stars is rather uncertain.
Most of the stars not 'n the main sequence are red giants
(super-giants) and white dwarfs.
Red Giants
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White Dwarfs
Supernovae
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StaL's smaller than the Sun may behave the same way, but
not the large massive ones several times as large as the Sun.
Draper's Classification
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Stellar T rature
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05 72,000
BO 52,000 Minus 0.32
B5 30,000 Minus 0.16
AO 17,800 0.00
A5 15,900 Plus 0.15
F0 13,500 Plus 0.30
P5 12,000 Plus 0.44
00 10,900 Plus 0.60
G5 1,0200 Plus 0.68
KO 9,100 Plus 0.82
K5 7,8oo Plus 1.18
MO 6,700 Plus 1.45
Their Ages
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Pat Stars
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NASA-INDUSTRY TEAM
NASA Headquarters
Experimenters
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Prime Contractors
Industry Team
Experiments
Company Responsibility
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