ICON Launch Sequence

  • Released Saturday, June 2nd, 2018
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:46PM
  • ID: 12910

The Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, will study the frontier of space: the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where Earth weather and space weather meet. In fall 2018, the mission launches on an Northrop Grumman (formerly Orbital ATK) Pegasus XL rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.



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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


Missions

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