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ACTIVE MISSIONS
   AGILE    AstroSat
   CALET    Chandra
   Fermi    HXMT-Insight
   INTEGRAL    IXPE
   MAXI    NICER
   NuSTAR    SRG-
  eROSITA/ART-XC
   Swift    XMM-Newton
PAST MISSIONS
   ANS    ARIEL V
   ASCA    BBXRT
   BeppoSAX    CGRO
   COPERNICUS    COS-B
   DXS    EINSTEIN
   EUVE    EXOSAT
   GINGA    GRANAT
   HaloSat    HAKUCHO
   HEAO-1    HEAO-3
   HETE-2    Hitomi
   OSO-7    OSO-8
   ROSAT    Rossi XTE
   SAS-2    SAS-3
   Suzaku    TENMA
   UHURU    VELA 5B
    WASS    XQC

OSO-8 Gallery


artist concept of OSO-8

The OSO series

    * Diagram of the satellite layout of the OSO satellites

    * Display model of an OSO satellite (National Air and Space Muesum, Washington, D.C.)

OSO-8

    * Artist's impression of OSO-8 in orbit

    * OSO-8 under construction

    * Diagram of the Cosmic X-ray Spectrometer

    * Diagram of the High Energy Celestial X-ray Experiment (HEXCE), also known as the Frost experiment.

    * Diagram of the HEXCE, including a overhead view of both detector crystals.


The photograph of OSO-8 under construction is courtesy of Hughes Aircraft Company. All other images are courtesy of NASA.



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