During a Year in Orbit, IceCube Created a New Map of Earth's Clouds

  • Released Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
  • Updated Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 at 12:23AM
  • ID: 12957

Although it was only designed to last three months, the tiny CubeSat known as IceCube has been orbiting Earth for a full year, collecting data on a hard-to-study type of cloud.

In that time, IceCube has created a global map of these ice clouds around the planet, which could someday help improve models and forecasts.



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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


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