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Orbital Ships NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory Satellite to Launch Site at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 10-NOV-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
-- Environmental Monitoring Satellite to Provide Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Data to Help Understand Global Climate Change --

-- Orbital Serves as NASA's Prime Industrial Partner for Both the OCO Satellite and Taurus Launch Vehicle for This Important Scientific Mission --

DULLES, Va. -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB), one of the world's leading space technology companies, announced today that it has shipped the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite to its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California. On Saturday, November 8, the OCO satellite departed from the company's Dulles, Virginia facilities in a specialized...

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