The goal of the ICON mission is to understand the tug-of-war between Earth’s atmosphere and the space environment. In the “no man’s land” of the ionosphere, a continuous struggle between solar forcing and Earth’s weather systems drive extreme and unpredicted variability. ICON investigates the forces at play in the near-space environment, leading the way in understanding disturbances that can lead to severe interference with communications and GPS signals.
At SSL: Thomas Immel, Bill Craig, Ellen Taylor, Stew Harris, Abhi Tripathi, Jerry Edelstein, Oswald Siegmund, Eric Korpela, Chris Smith, Jeremy McCauley, Nate Miller, Peter Berg, Sharon Jelinsky, Stephen Mende, Harald Frey, Claire Poppett, Bryce Roberts, Tori Fae, Will Marchant, Mark Lewis, Sabine Frey, John McDonald, Carl Dobson, Karin Hauck, Igor Ruderman Full Team