Mission News
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for OCO-2 Mission
NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to launch the JPL-managed Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission, planned for launch in February 2013.
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NASA Releases Orbiting Carbon Observatory Summary
A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful Feb. 24 launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory has completed its report.
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NASA Announces Mishap Board Members for OCO Investigation
NASA has selected the members of the board that will investigate the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, on Feb. 24.
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NASA Names Chairman for Orbiting Carbon Observatory Investigation
NASA's Rick Obenschain, deputy director at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will lead the investigation board for the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory on Feb. 24.
Mission Features
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Five Things About the Orbiting Carbon Observatory
02.20.09 - Here are some quick facts about the Earth-orbiting satellite, scheduled to launch on Feb. 24, 2009.
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OCO Aims to Boost Carbon Management Options
02.19.09 - As the concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere continues to rise, so also do efforts to find solutions to this global problem.
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CO2 Hunter Key to Climate Change Mystery
02.18.09 - The Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite is the first of its kind, built to measure and track carbon dioxide "sources" and "sinks" in Earth's atmosphere.
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Mission Meets the Carbon Dioxide Measurement Challenge
02.10.09 - The challenge: very precisely measure carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere all over the world, especially near Earth's surface.