ICON Satellite (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

ICON Satellite

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The ICON satellite will orbit Earth at a 27 degree angle to the equator, pointing its MIGHTI imager and far and extreme ultraviolet sensors at ionospheric storms as on-board instruments measure the flow of charged-particles (guided by the arched magnetic field shown with blue lines) at the position of the satellite.

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Thomas Immel, UC Berkeley

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