OCO-2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:56:00

Wednesday July 2, 2014

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2

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Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) is an American environmental science satellite which launched on 2 July 2014. A NASA mission, it is a replacement for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory which was lost in a launch failure in 2009. It is the second successful high-precision (better than 0.3%) CO2 observing satellite, after GOSAT.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

454 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta II 7320-10C

Active 1999 to 2015

United Launch Alliance logo

Agency

ULA

Rocket

Height: 38.9m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 2,703 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,533 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 8.9m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

3

Launch Site

SLC-2W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

13 days 1 hour

Stats

Delta II


152nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2014

United Launch Alliance


84th

Mission

7th

Mission of 2014

2014


36th

Orbital launch attempt