Tag Archives : failed launch
NASA failed to launch satellite that will monitor CO2 emissions
The mission costs $273 million and was supposed to last two years. It was over in 17 minutes. The satellite named Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) did not have enough force to make orbit after its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The satellite carries sensors that were meant to take a census of carbon dioxide emissions all throughout [...]
Filed in: News + Politics
