آیسست
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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 as land topography and vegetation characteristics. It operated as part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). ICESat was launched 13 January 2003 on a Delta II launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California into a near-circular, near-polar orbit with an altitude of approximately . It operated for seven years before being retired in February 2010, after its scientific payload shut down and scientists were unable to restart it.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- ICESat-1
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite
- Spaceflight.image
- icesat.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Artist's rendering of the ICESat-1 satellite
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observation
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2003-002A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 27642
- Spaceflight.website
- ICESat
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 5 years (planned) (achieved)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- BCP-2000
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Spaceflight.power
- 640 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 13 January 2003, 00:45:00 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Delta II 7320-10D-294
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Vandenberg, SLC-2W
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Boeing
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Earth Observing System
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- ICESat-2
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies
- Image
- ICESat spacecraft model.png
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- Commons category
- ICESat
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2003-01-13
- space launch vehicle
- Delta II
- time of object orbit decay
- 2010-08-30
- service retirement
- 2010-08-14
- powered by
- photovoltaic system
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