Operation IceBridge
Operation IceBridge is a NASA project that is expected to run from 2009 to probably 2019 [obsolete] and the aim is to follow the changes in the polar ice of the Arctic and Antarctic from an airplane. The project will temporarily replace the ICESat satellite , which failed in October 2009 , until ICESat-2, which was launched in September 2018, goes into operation.
NASA primarily uses two Lockheed P-3 and Boeing P-8 aircraft, as well as various other smaller types. The aircraft are equipped with measuring devices to record the surface structure and thickness of the ice layer as well as the underlying topography .
Missions to the Arctic are flown from Thule in Greenland , those to Antarctica from Punta Arenas in Chile .
Web links
Commons : Operation IceBridge - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Operation Icebridge (English)
- NASA's IceBridge Mission Contributes to New Map of Antarctica (2013 )
- NASA ICESat (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ IceBridge Mission Overview . Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ↑ a b IceBridge Completes Twin Polar Campaigns . Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ↑ NASA's Successful Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Mission Comes to an End . NASA. August 27, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ↑ Paging Paige: ICESat-2's Penguin Mascot Named . NASA. September 18, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ↑ a b IceBridge Aircraft & Instruments . NASA. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ↑ IceBridge Antarctica 2009 . NASA. November 18, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ↑ IceBridge Arctic 2014 . NASA. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ↑ IceBridge Antarctic 2014 . NASA. Retrieved October 28, 2014.