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Heliophysics

ICON

Studying the Earth-Sun Connection in the Ionosphere

LEO

Mission Description

Under a contract from the University of California Berkeley/Space Sciences Laboratory (UCB/SSL)

Orbital will design, manufacture, integrate and test the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite.

ICON will study the interface between the upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space

in response to recent scientic discovery that the ionosphere, positioned at the edge of space where

the Sun ionizes the air to create charged particles, is signicantly inuenced by storms in Earth’s lower

atmosphere. ICON will also help NASA better understand how atmospheric winds control ionospheric

variability.

The mission will improve the forecasts of extreme space weather by probing the variability of Earth’s

ionosphere with in-situ and remote-sensing instruments. Fluctuations in the ionosphere can disrupt

satellite and radio communications from low- and geostationary-orbit communications spacecraft,

creating a direct impact on the nation’s economy.

Spacecraft

The ICON mission will employ Orbital’s LEOStar

™

-2 platform which is a exible, high-performance

spacecraft for space and Earth science, remote sensing and other applications. LEOStar-2 series

spacecraft have supported multiple missions for commercial and government customers over the past

15 years. ICON will be the ninth LEOStar-2-based spacecraft built by Orbital.

FACTS AT A GLANCE

Mission:

Probing the variability of Earth’s

ionosphere with in-situ and remote-

sensing instruments

Customer:

University of California at Berkeley

CAD drawing of ICON instruments

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Page 1 - Spacecraft

HeliophysicsICONStudying the Earth-Sun Connection in the IonosphereLEOMission DescriptionUnder a contract from the University of California Berkeley/S

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