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ICESat-2

Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite 2

Active Mission

ICESat-2 measures the height of a changing Earth, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses a second.

Type

Orbiter

Launch

Sept. 15, 2018

Target

Earth

Objective

Measure the elevation of ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and more

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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low

Data from NASA’s ICESat-2 Goes Beyond the Surface

ICESat-2’s Laser Fires 2 Trillionth Shot, Spots Clouds

Tundra Vegetation to Grow Taller, Greener Through 2100, NASA Study Finds

NASA’s ICESat-2 Resumes Data Collection After Solar Storms

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