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NASA Scrubs OCO-2 Launch, Reschedules For Wednesday

Pat Host

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

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NASA Scrubs OCO-2 Launch, Reschedules For Wednesday

NASA scrubbed Tuesday’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) launch due to a water suppression system issue and pushed the launch attempt to Wednesday. The water suppression system flows water on the launch pad to dampen the acoustic energy during launch, according to NASA. Pending the outcome of troubleshooting, launch is set for 5:56 a.m. EDT at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Tuesday’s forecast shows 100 percent chance of favorable weather conditions. NASA originally said Tuesday the launch was scrubbed due to a failure…

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