Earth orbit
ICESat-2
On it's final flight, United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket will loft NASA's ICESat-2 mission to Low Earth Orbit. NASA states, "ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth’s 3rd dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more."
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On it's final flight, United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket will loft NASA's ICESat-2 mission to Low Earth Orbit. NASA states, "ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth’s 3rd dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more."
The launch
- Launch
- Sep 15 2018
- Launch location
- SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB
- Launch vehicle
- Delta II
- Orbit
- Earth orbit
Launch intelligence
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket launched the ICESat-2 mission on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 1:02 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- Vehicle
- Delta II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2018-070
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Sep 15, 2018, 13:02 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Sep 15 2018
- Pad and location
- SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB
Mostly Cloudy Temp: 54.75F Wind: 4.26mph
- Temperature
- 54°F
- Forecast updated
- Sep 15, 2018, 12:04 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
Gallery
0 images from ICESat-2.
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