OCO-2
Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2
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OCO-2 provides daily, global measurements that are used to track the movement of carbon between different reservoirs in the Earth system and to monitor vegetation health.
Type
Orbiter, Earth Observation
Launch
July 2, 2014
Target
Earth
Objective
Accurately measure atmospheric carbon dioxide and the photosynthetic activity of plants
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