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Uploaded by on Feb 24, 2009

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 1:55 a.m. PST liftoff Feb. 24 from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. Preliminary indications are that the fairing on the Taurus XL launch vehicle failed to separate. The fairing is a clamshell structure that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere. The spacecraft did not reach orbit and likely landed in the ocean near Antarctica, said John Brunschwyler, the program manager for the Taurus XL.

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  • Wonderful wonderful, to bad rockets are so inefficient

  • lol No , just no.  haha @ u

  • Great, long video. Thanks!

  • While you're at it, can you tell me what the numbers will be for next week's lotto?

  • It was a waste to begin with! Any REAL scientist would know that the earth must change it's spin axis by the end of 2013 to match up with previous equators proven to change every 13,000 years, and the necessity to speed earth's core for a new cycle of slowing down. See my videos for more.

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