Liftoff! OCO-2 Heads to Orbit

[Stephanie Wilson]

July 2, 2014 --* A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite onboard from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. OCO-2 will measure the global distribution of carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth’s climate.Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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