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Joseph Bushman: Orbital Sciences’ Carbon-Monitoring Satellite Joins ‘A-Train’ Constellation

Joseph Bushman: Orbital Sciences' Carbon-Monitoring Satellite Joins 'A-Train' Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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OrbitalAn Orbital Sciences-built carbon tracker spacecraft has arrived at its final orbital position in the Afternoon Constellation, which comprises of multiple satellites designed to collect environmental data worldwide.

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 completed nine orbit-raising maneuvers before reaching  an operational orbit at the A-Train head that is located approximately 438 miles above Earth, Orbital Sciences said Tuesday.

“The OCO-2 mission has achieved all checkout objectives on or ahead of schedule since launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base just over a month ago,” said Joseph Bushman, an Orbital Sciences program manager.

“The post-launch operations, including the critical maneuvering of the satellite into the A-Train, have all gone very smoothly,” Bushman added.

Orbital and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory jointly tested the carbon-monitoring instrument onboard the spacecraft and gathered initial science data from the satellite.

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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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