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Credits: NASA<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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The Orbiting Carbon Observatory<\/a> 2 mission is scheduled to launch in February 2013.<\/p>\n

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The previous spacecraft failed to reach orbit on February 24, 2009<\/a>, after being launched on top of a Taurus XL launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. <\/p>\n

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The OCO spacecraft will make global CO2<\/sub> measurements from space, quite useful as scientists are trying to understand the global carbon cycle in order to be able to make predictions of future atmospheric CO2<\/sub> increases. <\/p>\n

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NASA awarded the launch services contract to Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia. OCO-2 will be launched by a Taurus XL 3110 launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base.<\/p>\n

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We quote from the NASA press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“OCO-2 is a NASA’s first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in the Earth’s climate. OCO-2 will provide the first complete picture of human and natural carbon dioxide sources and sinks, the places where the gas is pulled out of the atmosphere and stored.”<\/i><\/p>\n

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You can find more information about the Orbiting Carbon Observatory on NASA\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

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