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Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation (ICE) Satellite 2
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Launch DateSeptember 2018
Launch SiteVandenberg Air Force Base, California, US
LifespanThree years
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ICESat-2 is launched in September 2018. Credit: Nasa.
The ICESat-2 spacecraft will feature the ATLAS instrument, which will measure ice-sheet topography, sea-ice freeboard, cloud and atmospheric properties, as well as global vegetation. Credit: Nasa GSFC.
ICESat-2 will be launched using the Delta II rocket.
ICESat-2 is expected to be launched in September 2018.
The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2) was developed by the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to gather altimetry data of the Earth’s surface to evaluate polar ice changes and global vegetation biomass.