NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory Launch
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Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center · 2009 · Science & Technology
The Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory spacecraft lifted off Feb. 24, 2009 at 4:55 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Several minutes into the flight, launch managers declared a contingency when the fairing failed to separate properly. No copyright protection is asserted for this video. If a recognizable person appears in this video, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA employees of a commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this video is used in advertising and other commercial promotion, layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release.
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