Satellite
ICESat-2
ICESat-2 is a satellite going round the Earth.
It fires 10 000 laser pulses a second at the ice sheets and counts the photons that come back.
See it live
Where it is right now is on the live 3D map.
Key facts
- Catalogue number (NORAD)
- 43613
How the map draws it
Drawn from a published model of ICESat-2.