User guide
ICON
Orbital Sciences Corporation
45101 Warp Drive
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Dulles, Virginia 20166
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www.orbital.com
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Specications
Spacecraft
Launch Mass: 272 kg (600 lb.)
Redundancy: Single String
Solar Arrays: 780 W, Articulated Arrays
Stabilization: 3 Axis, Zero Momentum
Orbit: 575 km circular @ 27
°
Inclination
Mission Life: Two Years
Launch
Launch Vehicle: TBD
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Date: 2017
Instruments
• Michelson Interferometer for Global High-Resolution Thermospheric
Imaging (MIGHTI) will detect the aurora-like glow of air molecules in the
thermosphere and measure their temperature and speed via doppler
imaging
• Extreme Ultraviolet imager (EUV) will provide images of the upper
atmosphere in extreme ultraviolet spectrum
• Far Ultraviolet imager (FUV) will provide images of the upper
atmosphere in the far ultraviolet spectrum
• Ion Velocity Meter (IVM) will measure in-situ the charged particles and
owing plasma
Mission Partners
University of California at Berkeley/Space Sciences
Laboratory
Principal investigator: Dr. Thomas Immel; mission management,
science and mission operations, EUV & FUV instruments; payload
integration and test
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Spacecraft development, observatory integration and test, launch
operations
Naval Research Laboratory
MIGHTI instrument
University of Texas at Dallas
IVM instrument