Happy 2,000,000,000,000th, ICESat-2! NASA’s Earth-observing laser in orbit passed a milestone on March 9 at 12:51 p.m. EDT — 16:51:00.268 UTC, to be precise — as its laser instrument fired for the 2 trillionth time and measured clouds off the coast of East Antarctica. ICESat-2’s instrument, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), uses rapid …
ICESat-2’s Laser Fires 2 Trillionth Shot, Spots Clouds
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