CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- ICON
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Full Name
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Ionospheric Connection Explorer
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Status
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Operational (extended)
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Mission Agencies
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UCB
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Launch Date
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11 Oct 2019
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Oct 2024
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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TBD
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Orbit Period
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97 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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27 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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579 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is a satellite designed to investigate changes in the ionosphere of Earth, the dynamic region high in our atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather from above. ICON studies the interaction between Earth's weather systems and space weather driven by the Sun, and how this interaction drives turbulence in the upper atmosphere
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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