Payload
ICON
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
ICON is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) payload satellite, launched on October 11, 2019 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 11, 2019 at 02:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- ERAS
- Launched by
- Pegasus XL →
- Operator
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Mission
- Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 555 km
- Periapsis
- 536 km
- Inclination
- 26.98°
- Orbital period
- 95.56 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Manufacturer
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 288 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-068A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44628
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational