2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
OCO-2
Atmospheric carbon-dioxide observatory.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2014
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Earth science
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7320-10C
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric
- Duration
- 2 years (nominal) Elapsed:
Why it happened
OCO-2 flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Atmospheric carbon-dioxide observatory.
Results
Atmospheric carbon-dioxide observatory.
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Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog