Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 15 Sep 2018 13:02:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5776 ever
Go probability
100%
Mission
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.
Deployed payloads · 1