Objectives and Applications
High resolution carbon dioxide and Solar-Induced chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) measurements to characterize carbon sources and sinks on regional scales and quantify their variability over the seasonal cycle.
Full Name
Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
02 Jul 2014
Mission Links
EOL Date
Sep 2030
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.8 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.2 deg
Orbit Altitude
705 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
13:30
Repeat Cycle
16 days
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