Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Earth Science · SSO
ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2) is a NASA Earth observation mission for measuring ice sheet elevation and sea ice freeboard, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics.
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICESAT-2 2018-070A | Payload | 478 × 484 km · 92.0° | Globe |
| SURFSAT 2018-070B | Payload | re-entered 2023-01-25 | |
| CP7 (DAVE) 2018-070C | Payload | re-entered 2023-02-12 | |
| ELFIN-B 2018-070D | Payload | re-entered 2022-09-30 | |
| ELFIN-A 2018-070E | Payload | re-entered 2022-09-17 |
COSPAR ID 2018-070 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).