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Satellite:
ICESat-2
Satellite details
Acronym
ICESat-2
Full name
Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite
Satellite Description
2nd flight unit of the ICESat programme.
Main mission; polar ice observation and ice sheet mass balance, with capability to derive sea ice thickness.
Sustantial contribution to cloud and aerosol profiling
Significant contribution to land topography and vegetation canopy.
Mass at launch
1390 kg
Dry mass
1230 kg
Power
1200 W
Data access link
http://nsidc.org/data/icesat/
Data access information
Data available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSDIC), Boulder.
Orbit
Drifting orbit
Altitude
481 km
Inclination
94
°
Space agency
NASA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
15 Sep 2018
EOL
≥2023
Last update:
2022-03-21
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
ICESat-2
Acronym
Full name
ATLAS
Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System
LRA
Laser Retroreflector Array
TRSR
Turbo Rogue Space Receiver
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
ICESat-2
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed