NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 reaches orbit
Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2014
At early morning press time, NASA reported that the Observatory had passed its initial health check, established communication with both ground-based and spaceborne links, deployed its solar panels, and was “power positive”—i.e. GCOM-W1, Aqua, CALIPSO, CloudSat, and Aura are currently on orbit. generating its own power.
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