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Taurus OCO launched from Vandenberg AFB. 02-24-2009

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is a NASA satellite mission intended to provide global space-based observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO
2). The original spacecraft was lost in a launch failure on 24 February 2009, when the payload fairing of the Taurus rocket which was carrying it failed to separate during ascent.[3] The added mass of the fairing prevented the satellite from reaching orbit.[4] It subsequently re-entered the atmosphere and crashed into the Indian Ocean near Antarctica.[5][6] The replacement satellite, Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, was launched 2 July 2014 aboard a Delta II rocket. 02-24-2009
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  • Taurus/OCO launches from Vandenberg AFB Feb. 24, 2009 @ 1:55:30am
  • Taurus/OCO Launches from Vandemnberg AFB Feb. 24, 2009
  • Orbital Sciences Taurus launches OCO Feb. 24th , 2009
  • Orbital Sciences Taurus launches OCO Feb. 24th , 2009
  • Orbital Sciences Taurus launches OCO Feb. 24th , 2009
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  • Orbital Sciences Taurus launches OCO Feb. 24th , 2009
  • Orbital Sciences Taurus launches OCO Feb. 24th , 2009
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