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ICESat-2

ICESat-2 fires rapid green laser pulses toward Earth to measure elevation with fine precision. Its data tracks ice loss, vegetation height and changing terrain around the planet.

Technical specifications

3D model is aproximate

CATEGORY

Earth Science

TYPE

Earth Observation

COUNTRY

United States

OPERATOR

NASA

LAUNCH DATE

Sep 15, 2018

LAUNCH SITE

Vandenberg

ORBIT CLASS

LEO

ALTITUDE · KM

481

ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN

94.22

INCLINATION · DEG

92.01

APOGEE · KM

485

PERIGEE · KM

477

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