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Launch Date
9/15/2018
Launch Site
V SLC2W
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Launch Vehicle
Delta 7420-10C (Thor Family)
TCarta Marine supplied the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with satellite-derived bathymetry validated by green laser altimeter data from NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite for two U.S. shallow-water coastal areas.
TCarta integrated ICESat-2 laser measurements into commercial bathymetric projects and routinely offers ICESat-2–based enhancements.
TCarta developed new machine learning-based bathymetric mapping technologies including two software packages and commercial application of NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite with funding from the National Science Foundation.
ICESat-2 is a NASA satellite equipped with a laser-based lidar instrument capable of capturing three-dimensional structure of forests.
ICEYE and ICESat-2 are radar (SAR and I-SAR) missions identified as notable for 3D Earth observation.
Delta 2 prices for NASA purchases rose from $51,000,000 in 1987 to $96,600,000 for the Delta 2 NASA purchased in 2013 to launch ICESat-2.