Illustration of ICON (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Illustration of ICON

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NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, (illustrated here) launches December 2017 to explore Earth's upper atmosphere and ionosphere, a region influenced by both terrestrial weather and changes in near-Earth space.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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