NASA climate satellite destroyed during a 2009 launch failure From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[3] The added weight of the box it was in prevented the satellite from reaching its intended speed and height.[4] After that it fell back into the atmosphere and crashed[5] into the Indian Ocean near Antarctica.[6]
Mission type | Climatology |
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Operator | NASA |
Mission duration | Launch failure Planned: 2 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | LEOStar-2 |
Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences[1] |
Launch mass | 530 kg (1,170 lb)[1] |
Payload mass | 150 kg (330 lb)[1] |
Dimensions | Stowed: 2.3 × 1.4 m (7.5 × 4.6 ft)[1] |
Power | 786 W[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 February 2009, 09:55:31 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Taurus-XL 3110 |
Launch site | Vandenberg LC-576E |
Contractor | Orbital |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous |
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