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OCO-3

Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3

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OCO-3 is a space instrument investigating how and where carbon dioxide is distributed on Earth, as it relates to growing urban populations and changing patterns of fossil fuel combustion, and, for the first time, measuring daily variations in carbon dioxide release and uptake by major tropical rainforests.

Type

Instrument

Launch

May 3, 2019

Target

Earth

Objective

Measure daily carbon dioxide variations

OCO-3 Stories

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