Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)Taurus Launch 02/24/2009

Spacecraft: Orbiting Carbon Observatory Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Taurus Rocket Launch Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 576-E Launch Date: Feb. 24, 2009 Launch Time: 1:55:30 am PST (4:55:30 am EST) Cost : $ 400 million Ignition and liftoff of the Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), beginning a two-year mission to study what no spacecraft ever has: the sources and hiding places of atmospheric carbon dioxide. ...

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YouTube | February 24, 2009

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