OSO

American  

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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Example Sentences

OSO, Snohomish County — At the cedar tree on the side of Highway 530, Dayn Brunner thinks about where his sister would be if she hadn’t died five years ago in the U.S.’ deadliest landslide.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2019

Based on formal charge considerations, which of the following would likely be the correct arrangement of atoms in sulfur dioxide: OSO or SOO?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

While OSO was getting its final push from the launching rocket's third stage, both drum and sail were spinning rapidly.

From Time Magazine Archive

It will take months for scientists to interpret all the new information that OSO is sending about the sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

OSO Industries had diversified since it humble beginnings as a used tire junkstore.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn