2009-F01
Orbiting Carbon Observatory is an ESSP mission for high resolution global mapping of atmospheric CO2. Contractor is OSC using LeoStar-2 bus and launch on Taurus; operation is by JPL and the PI is David Crisp at JPL. The instrument has 3 long slit NIR spectrographs for the O2 0.76 micron A-band, and CO2 bands at 1.61 and 2.06 microns. They share an F/1.8 telescope.
OCO flies at the head of the A-train at 1:18pm, with Aqua at 1:30, Cloudsat at 1:31, Calipso at 1:31:15, Parasol at 1:33 and Aura at 1:38. OCO stationkeeping burns every 10 weeks.
Mass 441 kg including 45 kg of prop. Hexagonal cylinder + 2 panels 2.12m high 0.94m dia with 9m span.
Launch by Taurus 3110, planned to 705 x 705 km x 98 deg A-train orbit, node 1:15PM. Fairing failed to separate, crashed near Antarctic.
| OCO | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Feb 24 | 0955:30 | Launch by Taurus | V 576E |
| T+1:24 St 0 burnout, sep | |||
| T+1:24 St 1 burn | |||
| T+2:42 St 1 burnout | |||
| T+2:43? St 1 sep | |||
| T+2:49 St 2 burn | |||
| T+2:55 Fairing failed to separate | |||
| T+4:04 St 2 burnout | |||
| T+5:07 St 2 sep | |||
| 1005:40 | T+10:10 St 3 burn | ||
| 1006:54 | T+11:24 St 3 burnout | ||
| 1008:49 | T+13:19 St 3 sep | ||
| T+13:29 CCAM St 3 | |||
| 1037? | Reentered over circa 71E 72S? | -129 x 614 x 98 | |
| Impact near Antarctica | |||
Payload:
- CO2 spectrometer, f/1.8 Cass telescope
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