The Mopra CO survey of the Southern Galactic Plane is being conducted with the Mopra millimetre-wave telescope in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia. The survey is designed to map the distribution and dynamics of the carbon monoxide molecule (CO) along a 120 degree sector of the Galactic Plane, from l. Original acknowledgement for data: The Mopra CO data were obtained using the Mopra radio telescope, a part of the Australia Telescope National Facility. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) digital filter bank (the UNSW-MOPS) used for the observations with Mopra was provided with support from the Australian Research Council (ARC), UNSW, Sydney and Monash Universities, as well as the CSIRO.