Copernicus - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-3/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Copernicus - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-3.

Space observatory launched by NASA on 21 August 1972, as a collaborative effort with the UK's Science and Engineering Research Council, which returned high resolution spectra of hundreds of stars along with extensive X-ray observations.