2019 · Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON)
successPegasus XL | Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON)
Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is a NASA mission to study Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere and the connection between space weather and weather on our planet. Mission is planned to last for two years.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 11, 2019 at 02:00 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral
- Mission
- Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON)
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit