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Well, in addition to ICON, we have, for example, 

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the mission GOLD, which is giving us the global view. 

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But we also have an entire fleet of spacecraft that are through

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the entire solar system. We call this the great observatory. 

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Well, ICON is studying two types of weather. 

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One is the weather that we're used to, the weather in the atmosphere that we live in.

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And what we've learned already -- 

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and ICON is really going to figure out details about

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is how things like hurricanes and things happening 

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in our atmosphere are impacting the upper part of the atmosphere,

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the ionosphere. And how that is connected to space. 

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So, ICON is a critical part to understanding how

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we can better support our technological way of life,

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and in particular, our ability to communicate all around the world.

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ICON is flying through the ionosphere,

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looking up close and personal, giving us detail of what's going on.

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But GOLD is much, much higher up above the Earth,

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 giving us a broad, global perspective.

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So, the two are giving us a broad picture and a very close, up-close what's happening, 

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and what's happening over the whole world.