Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation (ICE) Satellite 2 Share Launch DateSeptember 2018 Launch SiteVandenberg Air Force Base, California, US LifespanThree years Expand ICESat-2 is launched in September 2018. Credit: Nasa. The ICESat-2 spacecraft will feature the ATLAS instrument, which will measure ice-sheet topography, sea-ice freeboard, cloud and atmospheric properties, as well as global vegetation. Credit: Nasa GSFC. ICESat-2 will be launched using the Delta II rocket. ICESat-2 is expected to be launched in September 2018. The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2) was developed by the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to gather altimetry data of the Earth’s surface to evaluate polar ice changes and global vegetation biomass.