IceCube (spacecraft)
IceCube, also known as Earth-1,[1] is a 3U CubeSat satellite[2] funded by NASA[3][4] deployed by the International Space Station on 16 May 2017.[3]
 CXBN-2 and IceCube being deployed by the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer | |
| Manufacturer | NASA |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Applications | Technology demonstration mission |
| Specifications | |
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Related spacecraft | |
| Derived from | CubeSats |
Mission
IceCube was built to map ice clouds globally. It has a submillimeter radiometer to overcome the limitation of ice particles in clouds being opaque in the infrared and visible spectrums.[3][5] It was made to demonstrate a 833-gigahertz submillimeter-wave receiver as part of a technology demonstration mission.[1][2][6]
See also
References
- Garner, Rob (2015-07-21). "IceCube Satellite No Longer On Ice". NASA. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- "NASA IceCube: CubeSat Demonstration of a Commercial 883-GHz Cloud Radiometer". digitalcommons.usu.edu. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "IceCube - Satellite Missions - eoPortal Directory". directory.eoportal.org. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- Oreopoulos, Lazaros. "IceCube". atmospheres.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- Blumberg, Sara (2018-05-14). "Tiny Satellite's First Global Map of Ice Clouds". NASA. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- Jenner, Lynn (2018-01-30). "NASA's Small Spacecraft Makes 1st 883-Gigahertz Global Ice-Cloud Map". NASA. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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