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OCO-2

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time2 Jul 201409:56 UTC

success

Orbit: SSO

Serial number: Delta 367

Climate research satellite being used to study carbon dioxide concentrations and distributions in the atmosphere. The initial launch attempt on 1 July at 09:56:44 UTC was scrubbed at 46 seconds on the countdown clock due to a faulty valve on the water suppression system, used to flow water on the launch pad to dampen the acoustic energy during launch.

Rocket DeltaII 7320-10C

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-2WUSA

Payloads

Total mass 454 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
OCO-2---