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IceCube

IceCube is a 3U CubeSat funded by NASA for spaceflight demonstration of a commercial 883-GHz cloud radiometer. The satellite has produced the first global atmospheric ice map at the 883-Gigahertz band, an important frequency in the submillimeter wavelength for studying cloud ice and its effect on Earth’s climate. The IceCube team is a winner of the Robert H Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Engineering in 2019.

Launch Date
February 2017
Class
New Technology
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  • Principal Investigator

IceCube is a 3U CubeSat funded by NASA for spaceflight demonstration of a commercial 883-GHz cloud radiometer. The satellite has produced the first global atmospheric ice map at the 883-Gigahertz band, an important frequency in the submillimeter wavelength for studying cloud ice and its effect on Earth’s climate. The IceCube team is a winner of the Robert H Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Engineering in 2019.

Related Publications

2023. "IceCube: Submillimeter-Wave Technology Development for Future Science on a CubeSat.", The Nanosatellite Revolution: 30 Years and Continuing, [10.1117/3.2618157.ch10] [Article in Book]

2021. "The first global 883 GHz cloud ice survey: IceCube Level 1 data calibration, processing and analysis.", Earth System Science Data, [10.5194/essd-13-5369-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]