This dimension names the agency or institution that operates an observatory. Wikipedia notes that observatories serve disciplines from "astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysics, oceanography and volcanology," work usually carried out by a specific university, government agency or research institute. Browsing this way collects every observatory run by the same operator.
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1. Wikipedia: Space telescope
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Suggested by Lyman Spitzer in 1946, the first operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched in 1968, and the Soviet Orion 1 ultraviolet telescope aboard space station Salyut 1 in 1971.
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