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ICON
Defunct NASA atmospheric observation satellite. ICON was launched on October 11, 2019 aboard a Pegasus XL from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2019-068ANORAD 44628United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ICON
- International designator
- 2019-068A
- NORAD catalog number
- 44628
- GCAT identifier
- S44628
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/928
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- MIDEX
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Platform (bus)
- Leostar-2/750
Launch
- Date
- October 11, 2019 · 02:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-068Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad RW13
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 579 km
- Apogee
- 601 km
- Inclination
- 27.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 22, 2022
- End of operations
- Nov 22, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 288 kg
- Dry mass
- 288 kg
- Length
- 1.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 3.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6063761 (CC0).