Remember to join us right here at 12:45 a.m. PDT, 3:45 a.m. EDT for live coverage of the OCO-2 launch countdown! In the meantime, we've posted a couple of videos to bring you up to speed on the mission to come — and how the OCO-2 spacecraft and the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket …
Managers gave a "go" to proceed toward the launch of OCO-2 at the conclusion of today's Launch Readiness Review. The spacecraft is sealed atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 2 on Tuesday, July 1 at 2:56 a.m. PDT, 5:56 a.m. EDT. Tuesday, July 1, at Vandenberg Air Force …
It's been a busy week for the teams preparing the OCO-2 spacecraft and United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket for liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The nearly 1,000-pound observatory has been sealed inside the protective payload fairing atop the Delta II since Saturday, June 21. Fuel was loaded aboard the rocket's second …
