Payload
ICESAT-2
OperationalPayloadLEO
ICESAT-2 is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) payload satellite, launched on September 15, 2018 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 15, 2018 at 01:02 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7420-10C →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- ICESat-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 485 km
- Periapsis
- 477 km
- Inclination
- 92.01°
- Orbital period
- 94.23 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Manufacturer
- Northrup Grumman Information Systems
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,580 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Laser Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-070A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43613
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational