• ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2), part of NASA's Earth Observing System, is a satellite mission for measuring ice sheet elevation...
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    ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite) was a NASA satellite mission for measuring ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well...
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    60 Iridium communication satellites. The rocket flew its final mission, ICESat-2, on 15 September 2018, earning the launch vehicle a streak of 100 successful...
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    10 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018. Neumann, Tom. "NASA: ICESat & ICESat-2". Icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 10 August 2017. "OSTM: Home Page". Sealevel...
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    polar ice. It is an airborne follow-on mission to the ICESat satellite, until after the ICESat-2 mission was launched in September 2018. OIB ended in 2019...
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    Observatory 2 (OCO-2), Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE FO), and Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2). In addition...
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    Altimeter System (ATLAS) on NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2) is a photon-counting lidar that uses the return time of laser light...
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    operational duration of 265 seconds. The last RS-27A engine was used for the ICESat-2 launch on 15 September, 2018. Astronautix: RS-27A Engine Astronautix: RS-27...
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    company launched the final Delta II rocket, carrying ICESat-2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-2 on 15 September 2018. This marks the last launch of...
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  • although initially thought to be from a remote-sensing altimeter satellite ICESat-2. Justin Davenport (15 April 2022), China launches Chang Zheng 4C from Taiyuan...
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    ERS-2 Etalon Experimental Geodetic Payload "Ajisai" Explorer program Galileo Geo-IK-2 GEOS-3 Geosat Geosat Follow-On GFZ-1 GLONASS GRACE GOCE GPS ICESat-1...
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    engine variant was used from 1989 and retired at the conclusion of the ICESat-2 launch on 15 September 2018. "AJ10-118". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived...
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  • Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), a space-based lidar instrument on ICESat-2 Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) Atlas (topology)...
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  • considers remote sensing and climate monitoring. She was science lead for the ICESat-2 Mission, which used laser altimetry to make height maps of Earth. Farrell...
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    7000 variants ("Lite" and "Heavy"). The rocket flew its final mission ICESat-2 on 15 September 2018, earning the launch vehicle a streak of 100 successful...
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  • (example final readiness poll) (video private as of 2/23/24) Delta II - ICESat-2 (example Final Readiness Poll) Space Shuttle Launch Countdown (NASA Transcript...
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  • gigantic newt. 30 April The first results from ice-monitoring satellite ICESat-2 are published, showing that melting in Antarctica and Greenland has contributed...
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  • United States Geological Survey (USGS) JPSS-2, weather and environmental satellite for NASA and NOAA ICESat-2, ice-topography satellite for NASA Transiting...
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    from 1989 to 2018. This second stage was retired at conclusion of the ICESat-2 launch on 15 September 2018. Delta Cryogenic Second Stage Advanced Common...
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    William (15 September 2018). "Delta II concludes amazing legacy with ICESat-2 launch". NASA Space Flight. Retrieved 22 November 2020. "Crews extinguish...
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    Measuring Mission (TRMM), and the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). Currently, she is the new business lead for NASA Goddard Space Flight...
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  • Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) for NASA GSFC- launched in 2018 Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) for NASA/JPL- launched in 2014 Landsat...
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    estimates of pan-Arctic sea ice–atmosphere neutral drag coefficients from ICESat-2 elevation data". The Cryosphere. 17 (9). Copernicus GmbH: 4103–4131. doi:10...
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  • joint NASA/USGS Earth Observation Program". NASA Landsat Science. Retrieved 2 November 2022. "Explore Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) - Earth Online"...
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    imagery has been used to monitor and investigate this lake, including ICESat, CryoSat-2, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer...
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  • known modern human drawings found previously. 15 September – NASA launches ICESat-2, the agency's most technologically advanced ice-monitoring spacecraft to...
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  • in place for more than a million people. September 15 – NASA launches ICESat-2, the agency's most technologically advanced ice-monitoring spacecraft to...
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    Project Scientist Tom Neumann in the Project Science Office for NASA’s ICESat-2 mission. She was awarded a NASA Senior Management Fellowship at NASA Headquarters...
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    refractive index which has a small effect on the depth calculation. The ICESat-2 satellite has a laser altimeter intended for measuring the height of ice...
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  • launch vehicle as part of the ELaNa-18 ride-share mission with NASA's ICESat-2 primary payload. The launch occurred out of Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
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