| Abstract from DBPedia | A space telescope or space observatory is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects. Suggested by Lyman Spitzer in 1946, the first operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, OAO-2 launched in 1968, and the Soviet Orion 1 ultraviolet telescope aboard space station Salyut 1 in 1971. Space telescopes avoid the filtering and distortion (scintillation) of electromagnetic radiation which they observe, and avoid light pollution which ground-based observatories encounter. They are divided into two types: Satellites which map the entire sky (astronomical survey), and satellites which focus on selected astronomical objects or parts of the sky and beyond. Space telescopes are distinct from Earth imaging satellites, which point toward Earth for satellite imaging, applied for weather analysis, espionage, and other types of information gathering.宇宙望遠鏡（うちゅうぼうえんきょう）とは、地球の衛星軌道上などの宇宙空間に打ち上げられた天体望遠鏡のことである。地上に設置された望遠鏡に対して多額の費用がかかることと、打ち上げを要する困難さはあるが、地球大気に邪魔されず観測できるため、現代観測天文学の重要な設備となっている。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Space_telescope) |
