2018 · United Launch Alliance

ICESat-2

successDelta II 7420-10 | ICESat-2

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.

Overview

Date / time: September 15, 2018 at 01:02 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 2W
Mission: ICESat-2
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta II 7420-10C →

Launch provider

United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 5