ICON Program
NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer was an Earth-orbiting heliophysics mission that investigated how terrestrial weather and space weather interact in the ionosphere, using remote-sensing and in-situ instruments to study the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and near-Earth space. The mission launched in 2019, completed its prime and extended operations, and ended after contact with the spacecraft could not be restored.
Identity
- Aliases
- ICONIonospheric Connection ExplorerICON Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- ICON Program
- Status
- completed
- Types
- scienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer was an Earth-orbiting heliophysics mission that investigated how terrestrial weather and space weather interact in the ionosphere, using remote-sensing and in-situ instruments to study the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and near-Earth space. The mission launched in 2019, completed its prime and extended operations, and ended after contact with the spacecraft could not be restored.
- End Date
- 2024-08-13
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2019-10-10
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:45:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:45:58 UTC