A basic view of the orbits and scanning profiles for ICON (in low-Earth orbit) and GOLD (in geostationary orbit) is shown in this visualization. Here, the colors over Earth represent model data of the density of a single ionized oxygen atom at an altitude of 350 kilometers. Red represents high density.
(Courtesy NASA GSFC’s Scientific Visualization Studio)
2025
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
May 9, 2025
2024
Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere
June 27, 2024
2021
GOLD’s Top-Down View of Our Atmosphere
August 30, 2021
Research Highlights from NASA’s GOLD Mission
January 14, 2021
2019
GOLD Reveals Unexpected Changes in Earth’s Nighttime Ionosphere
August 13, 2019
Earth’s Shining Upper Atmosphere From the Apollo Era to the Present
July 17, 2019
First Release of Data from GOLD
March 11, 2019
2018
GOLD Captures its First Image of the Earth
September 17, 2018
GOLD Will Revolutionize Our Understanding of Space Weather
February 2, 2018
GOLD Powers on for the First Time
January 29, 2018
Contact Successfully Established With SES-14 Satellite Hosting GOLD
January 26, 2018
GOLD launches successfully onboard SES-14 satellite
January 25, 2018
NASA science instrument ready to study critical space weather boundary zone
January 25, 2018
GOLD Mission to Image Earth’s Interface to Space
January 24, 2018
Going for GOLD: Exploring the Interface to Space
January 23, 2018
ICON & GOLD Teaming Up To Explore Earth’s Interface to Space
January 4, 2018
2017
GOLD Team Successfully Completes Environmental Testing
December 14, 2017
NASA Strikes GOLD with Hosted Payloads – SES GS podcast (21 MB MP3 file)
June 7, 2017
GOLD Installed on Commercial Communications Satellite
May 17, 2017
NASA’s GOLD Mission: Unprecedented Imaging from the Boundary Between Earth and Space
YouTube video of a LASP public lecture by GOLD Principal Investigator Richard Eastes
April 5, 2017
GOLD one step closer to launching into space
February 1, 2017