Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur-C 3110Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
OCO
Launched
February 24, 2009
Image: NASA/Orbital Sciences
Summary
OCO launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-C 3110 from Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 24, 2009. The mission failed. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 56th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,963rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Minotaur-C 3110 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Minotaur-C 3110 flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 56th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,963rd orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
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About this launch
American satellite designed to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide. It was lost during launch due to the payload fairing failing to jettison.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
8th launch from Space Launch Complex 576E, 1st this year · 637th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
9 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
about 5 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OCO launch?
OCO launched on February 24, 2009. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OCO?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OCO?
Minotaur-C 3110, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Minotaur-C 3110 spec sheet
Where did OCO launch from?
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit was OCO going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a earth science mission.