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OCO-2

Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2

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OCO-2 provides daily, global measurements that are used to track the movement of carbon between different reservoirs in the Earth system and to monitor vegetation health.

Type

Orbiter, Earth Observation

Launch

July 2, 2014

Target

Earth

Objective

Accurately measure atmospheric carbon dioxide and the photosynthetic activity of plants
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