Orbiting Geophysical Observatory: Difference between revisions

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'''Orbiting Geophysical Observatory''' ('''OGO''') Program <ref>Jackson, J. E. and Vette, J. I. (1975) [https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760012555.pdf OGO Program Summary], NASA SP-7601 </ref> of [[NASA]] refers to the six [[satellite]]s launched by the United States that were in use from September 1964 to 1972, designed to study the [[Earth]]'s [[magnetosphere]].<ref name="kn640903"/> The satellites successfully studied the interactions between the [[Earth]] and the [[Sun]], despite a number of technical problems. Each satellite had 20 to 25 instruments. OGO 1, OGO 3, and OGO 5 were in [[equatorial orbit]]s; OGO 2, OGO 4, and OGO 6 were in lower [[polar orbit]]s.<ref name="nasa"/>

* '''WW2 Cargo Pilot Wilfred "Bill" Scull''' was the project manager for all 6 OGO projects. His biography is detailed in a 3-book series. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095BG9N18 WW2 Cargo Pilots series] along with many other photos of the projects, including hand-drawn sketches of the satellites.

==OGO launch chronology==