NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Spacecraft
NASA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 2014 to make daily global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide and photosynthetic activity for carbon-cycle and climate research.
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Identity
- Aliases
- OCO-2Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2OCO2OCO-2 satelliteOrbiting Carbon Observatory 2 spacecraft
- Family Name
- OCO-2
- Full Name
- NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterearth_observationresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 2014 to make daily global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide and photosynthetic activity for carbon-cycle and climate research.
- First Flight Year
- 2,014
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/oco-2/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:15:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 16:31:54 UTC