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Astro Observatory 1

Type

Space Telescope

Launch

Dec. 2, 1990

Location

Space Shuttle

Objective

Image astronomical objects
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NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Header Astro 1 NSSDCA ID: ASTRO-1 Description The "Astro Observatory" was developed as a system of telescopes that could fly multiple times on the space shuttle.
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