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Limits RegistryNASA's Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2, 'Stargazer'), launched on 7 December 1968, was the first successful space telescope. Its ultraviolet telescopes observed until early 1973, providing the first high-quality ultraviolet observations of many stars and galaxies.
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NASA's Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2, 'Stargazer'), launched on 7 December 1968, was the first successful space telescope. Its ultraviolet telescopes observed until early 1973, providing the first high-quality ultraviolet observations of many stars and galaxies.
The year in which the first space telescope to operate successfully in orbit was launched.
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Limits Registry. LR-FIRST-SUCCESSFUL-SPACE-TELESCOPE. First successful space telescope. 2026.