NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on 12 January.
"The ICESat spacecraft was right where we expected and is performing great. The whole team is thrilled to be having such a wonderful start to our mission," says Jim Watzin, the ICESat project manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
ICESat will eventually orbit approximately 373 miles above Earth. It is the latest in a series of Earth Observing System spacecraft, following the recent launchings of the Terra and Aqua satellites.
ICESat was designed to answer questions concerning many aspects of the Earth's climate …
It's a Great news for all of the world launches ICESAT and CHIPS satellites is the best system and also good for the best analysis .
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