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Carbon dioxide-sniffing spacecraft set to launch (2:56 a.m. PDT/5:56 a.m. EDT)
SpaceFlightNow.com ^ | 20JUN2014 | SpaceFlightNow.com Staff Writer

Posted on 06/30/2014 11:30:16 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, a critical new data-gathering project for scientists and policy-makers, is awaiting launch Tuesday morning on a Delta 2 rocket. Liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is set for 2:56 a.m. PDT (5:56 a.m. EDT; 0956 GMT).

Rocket: Delta 2
Variant: 7320-10C
Payload: OCO 2
Date: July 1, 2014
Time: 2:56 a.m. PDT (0956 GMT)
Site: SLC-2, Vandenberg AFB, California

Watch the launch like at the link above or here or here or here or here starting at 12:45 a.m. PDT/3:45 a.m. EDT,

Launch Updates: To keep up to speed with updates to the launch countdown, dial the ULA launch hotline at 1-877-852-4321 or join the conversation at Facebook and Twitter.

Delta II OCO-2 Mission Brochure


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: delta; launch; oco2; rocket
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To: hattend

How many more billions are going to wasted on this 1%er scam called AGW?


21 posted on 07/01/2014 2:21:39 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

bump

Fraud-Sat 2


22 posted on 07/01/2014 2:24:14 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

BINGO!


23 posted on 07/01/2014 2:25:08 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Exactly.

As many billions as they can get away with.

Something is going to collapse soon and NASA will find themselves kicked to the curb.


24 posted on 07/01/2014 2:58:06 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: deks

Thanks.

That’s an excellent update.

I completely forgot about the second launch.


25 posted on 07/01/2014 10:07:11 PM PDT by zeestephen
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