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Nasa fails the Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission
Washington, USA - The payload failed to separate properly from the spacecraft after the launch

A Nasa satellite launched on a two-year mission to track global warming has failed to detach from a rocket and reach orbit. The Taurus rocket carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory blasted off in a pre-dawn take off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The observatory, part of a 278 million dollars mission, is Nasa's first satellite dedicated to monitoring carbon dioxide emissions on...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1100204
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency