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Icesat

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Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 2003-002ALaunched 1/13/2003

Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: ICESAT/Chipsat
Launch Vehicle: Delta 7320-10
Launch Date: 1/13/2003
Last Contact: 10/11/2009

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 593.5 km
Inclination: 94.01 deg
Dry Mass: 882 kg
Total Mass: 959 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Science Exploration
Payload Category: SCI
Payload Class: C

Organizations

Operator: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manufacturer: BAE Systems

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2003-002A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/428

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ICESat and GEDI are referenced as LiDAR missions relevant to 3D Earth observation.

GeneralValue 2.0Jan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

ICESat-2 is a successor to the ICESat satellite that collected ice cover and Earth science data from 2003 to 2010.

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Sep 15, 2018

Final Delta 2 launches ICESat-2