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The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is the 2nd-generation of the orbiting laser altimeter ICESat.
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A Laser Beam's Path Through NASA's ICESat-2
Before beaming 300 miles to Earth's surface, bouncing off the ground and travelling another 300 miles back into space, the laser photons on NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 first have to complete a 7 and 1/2 foot obstacle course inside the satellite's instrument. Read more here!
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Earth image illustrating AMSR-E sea ice courtesy of the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
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Submission deadline for the 5th call of Early Adopters is February 29, 2016.
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Join us for the ICESat-2 Inland Water Focus Session on November 18, 2015.
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Join us at the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
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