Orbiting Carbon Observatory
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 What the satellite would look like in orbit |
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| Organization: | Orbital Sciences |
| Mission type: | Climatology |
| Launch date: | 2009-02-24, 09:20 GMT |
| Launch site: | Vandenberg LC-576E |
| Carrier rocket: | Taurus-XL 3110 |
| Mission duration: | 5 minutes Planned: 2 years |
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The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) was a NASA satellite mission that was supposed to provide world-wide observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide from space. (CO2). It was lost in a launch failure on February 24, 2009, when the box of the Taurus rocket which was carrying it failed to come off during launch.[1] The added weight of the box it was in prevented the satellite from reaching its intended speed and height.[2] After that it fell back into the atmosphere and crashed[3] into the Indian Ocean near Antarctica.[4] Rocket was lit at 09:55:30 GMT.[5]
References [change]
- ↑ "OC`O Blog". http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/oco/launch/launch_blog.html.
- ↑ http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16657-co2tracking-satellite-crashes-after-liftoff.html CO2 satellite crashes after lift-off
- ↑ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090224-nasa-satellite-crash.html
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022401803.html?hpid=topnews
- ↑ "NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions Launch Schedule". http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html.
