OSO: Meaning and Definition of

OSO

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— U.S. Aerospace. U.S. Aerospace.
  1. Orbiting Solar Observatory: one of a series of scientific satellites, launched between 1962 and 1975, that studied the sun at ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths.
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