VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - There was trouble after a NASA satellite launch this morning and the mission is in
jeopardy.
The satellite was launched for a two-year mission to track carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. Liftoff in California went OK -- but the shroud that shelters the payload as the rocket flies through the atmosphere failed to separate properly several minutes later. NASA launch managers have shifted to a contingency plan.
The carbon observatory is part of a $280 million mission. It's NASA's first satellite dedicated to monitoring carbon dioxide on a global scale.
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