NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OCO-2

Launch Time
Wed Jul 02, 2014 09:56 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7320-10C
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,533 kN
Payload to LEO: 2,703 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 3
Rocket Height: 38.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 8.9 m

Mission Details

Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 454.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2014

36th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

84th mission
7th mission of 2014
83rd successful mission
79th consecutive successful mission

Delta II

152nd mission
1st mission of 2014
150th successful mission
97th consecutive successful mission