flown missionFailure
Taurus 3110 | OCO
Orbital Sciences CorporationSpace Launch Complex 576E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- OCO
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
American satellite designed to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide. It was lost during launch due to the payload fairing failing to jettison.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Minotaur-C 3110
- Family
- Minotaur
- Variant
- 3110
- Provider
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 576E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7394, -120.6192