ICE-Cap

Launch data: Designation  T00008 / 18099BW Launch date  03 Dec 2018 Launch site  Va, SLC-4E Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 Mission  ommunication Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  573 x 590 km Eccentricity   Inclination  97.77° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• US Navy′s PEO Space Systems, with support from SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, is developing the ICE-Cap satellite.
• The Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) provided the satellite bus (SMDC-ONE), which was built by Space Micro. The payload was provided by different contractors: the UHF software defined radio by Vulcan Wireless, the High Assurance IP Encryptor by InnoFlight, the high gain antenna by Physical Optics Corporation, the Omni antenna/Bus Integration/Flight Computer by Space Micro and the flight software by SSC PAC.