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ICON space weather satellite

October 14 , 2019 1871 days 1063 0
  • NASA successfully launched Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) space weather satellite from Florida, United States.
  • Ionospheric is the layer of the earth’s atmosphere that contains a high concentration of ions and free electrons and is able to reflect radio waves.
  • It will study the dynamic zone in an atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather from above for 2 years.
  • Previously in 2018, NASA had launched a satellite named Gold which is studying the upper atmosphere.

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