NASA's Successful Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Mission Comes to an End
28 Aug 2010, 09:09 UTC
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One of NASA's orbiting sentinels is expected to return to Earth in a few days. The agency's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation (ICESat) satellite completed a very productive scientific mission earlier this year. NASA lowered the satellite's orbit last month and then decommissioned the spacecraft in preparation for re-entry. It is estimated that the satellite will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and largely burn up on or about August 29.
ICESat was launched in January 2003, as a three-year mission [...]
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