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NASA Successfully Launches OCO-2

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, July 7th, 2014

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NASA and launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the civil space agency’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite July 2 at 5:56 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., according to the Air Force. The launch took place one day after an initial launch attempt was scrubbed near launch time due to a failure in the pad water system at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg. The system, in addition to providing sound suppression of acoustic waves, also protects a launch pad…

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