Ionospheric Connection Explorer
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The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is a NASA satellite mission that studies how interactions between Earth's upper atmosphere and space weather affect the ionosphere and radio communications.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ionospheric Connection Explorer canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite
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NASA satellite mission ⓘ heliophysics mission ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ICON NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affects |
GPS signals
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radio communications ⓘ |
| carriesInstrument |
EUV
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FUV NERFINISHED ⓘ IVM NERFINISHED ⓘ MIGHTI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataUse |
improving radio communication forecasts
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improving space weather models ⓘ |
| developedBy | University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor | NASA Explorer program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingProgram | NASA Explorer Small Explorer (SMEX) line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inclination | approximately 27 degrees ⓘ |
| instrumentFullName |
Extreme Ultraviolet Imager
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Far Ultraviolet Imager NERFINISHED ⓘ Ion Velocity Meter NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelson Interferometer for Global High-resolution Thermospheric Imaging NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2019-10-11 ⓘ |
| launchProvider | Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Stargazer L-1011 aircraft over Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Pegasus XL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
improve prediction of space weather impacts on communications and navigation
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investigate how neutral winds and charged particles interact in the ionosphere ⓘ study interactions between Earth’s upper atmosphere and space weather ⓘ understand variability of the ionosphere ⓘ |
| missionType |
Earth’s ionosphere study
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science mission ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitAltitude | approximately 575 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | NASA Heliophysics System Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Earth’s ionosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | NASA Explorer Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
atmospheric science
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heliophysics ⓘ space physics ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | LEOStar-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| studies |
exosphere
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ionosphere ⓘ space weather effects on upper atmosphere ⓘ thermosphere ⓘ |
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