ESA - CryoSat - Archive

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The mission

ESA’s Earth Explorer CryoSat mission is dedicated to measuring the thickness of polar sea ice and monitoring changes in the ice sheets that blanket Greenland and Antarctica. Its main payload is a SAR Interferometric Radar Altimeter, which is designed for ice, measuring changes at the margins of vast ice sheets and floating ice in polar oceans.

The launch

Date: 08 April 2010
Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Rocket: Russian/Ukrainian Dnepr based on SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile

1st altimeter of its kind
10+ yrs in orbit
719 km mean altitude
92° inclination

CryoSat

Autumn sea-ice thickness from CryoSat 2010–2013

Arctic sea ice up from record low

16/12/2013 29557 views 128 likes

Thinning ice

Antarctica’s ice loss on the rise

11/12/2013 11234 views 106 likes

Measuring the storm surge

CryoSat measures European storm surge

09/12/2013 6898 views 68 likes

New dimensions on ice

11/09/2013 22530 views 68 likes

Site of crater

CryoSat maps largest-ever flood beneath Antarctica

02/07/2013 14063 views 117 likes

SMOS tracks Hurricane Igor

ESA’s Earth satellites are stars

21/06/2013 6530 views 34 likes

CryoSat reveals major loss of Arctic sea ice

13/02/2013 12831 views 44 likes

Altimeter reading over Cuba

CryoSat hits land

21/12/2012 12344 views 35 likes

ESA satellites looking deeper into sea ice

05/10/2012 3450 views 0 likes

Radar altimetry gains altitude in Venice

24/09/2012 2763 views 2 likes

Watch the altimetry symposium live from Venice

21/09/2012 1232 views 1 likes

Mean sea level trends

Call for Media: new data on global sea level changes

19/09/2012 2022 views 0 likes

Mapping the ocean floor

CryoSat goes to sea

28/05/2012 6999 views 7 likes

CryoSat: past, present and future

15/05/2012 1006 views 1 likes

ESA's ice mission

Latest CryoSat result revealed

24/04/2012 5609 views 7 likes

Call for Media: CryoSat’s first map of changes in sea-ice t…

18/04/2012 1152 views 0 likes

Arctic sea ice from the NASA P-3

ESA and NASA join forces to measure Arctic sea ice

04/04/2012 2316 views 2 likes

Camping on blue ice

Checking CryoSat reveals rising Antarctic blue ice

29/03/2012 2370 views 3 likes

CryoSat breaks the ice with ocean currents

06/02/2012 2540 views 4 likes

Tracking CryoSat

Ice data at your fingertips

04/01/2012 1779 views 1 likes

Wind speed from CryoSat

CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves

22/12/2011 2012 views 0 likes

Skidoo and corner reflector

Antarctic expedition checks CryoSat down-under

09/12/2011 1904 views 2 likes

CryoSat rocking and rolling

17/10/2011 1359 views 0 likes

‘Roots2Share’ opening

Greenland and the Netherlands look to CryoSat for answers o…

17/10/2011 975 views 0 likes

Envisat image of the Arctic

Arctic ice nears record low

14/09/2011 2357 views 1 likes

Arctic sea-ice thickness

New ice thickness map of the Arctic unveiled

21/06/2011 7522 views 5 likes

HRH The Prince of Orange visits Greenland

CryoSat Greenland camp receives royal guest

11/05/2011 1336 views 0 likes

NASA aerial view of site

ESA–NASA collaboration furthers sea-ice research

19/04/2011 1901 views 1 likes

ESA Arctic ice campaign takes off

08/04/2011 976 views 0 likes

CryoSat detects leads in sea ice

CryoSat ice data now open to all

01/02/2011 3948 views 2 likes

Mean dynamic topography of global ocean

ESA missions highlighted at world's largest scientific conf…

17/12/2010 1858 views 1 likes

Handing over the 'keys' to CryoSat

ESA's ice mission goes live

22/11/2010 1520 views 1 likes

ESA's ice mission

CryoSat ice mission gets clean bill of health

26/10/2010 1194 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2

Enabling & Support

Experimental MEMS sensor passes in-orbit test on CryoSat-2

26/10/2010 1923 views 1 likes

Scientists receive first CryoSat-2 data

20/07/2010 2152 views 1 likes

New view of ice thickness in Antarctica

CryoSat-2 exceeding expectations

01/07/2010 2070 views 0 likes

IPY Oslo Science Conference held in Norway

Polar scientists herald importance of satellite observations

15/06/2010 2247 views 2 likes

NASA DC-8 underflies CryoSat-2

ESA's CryoSat-2 and NASA's DC-8 star in Arctic cooperation

23/04/2010 1691 views 0 likes

ESA's ice mission delivers first data

13/04/2010 1804 views 1 likes

Enabling & Support

Webcast: Climate science featured at CryoSat-2 launch event

09/04/2010 833 views 1 likes

Liftoff of ESA's CryoSat-2

Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite

08/04/2010 2603 views 0 likes

PP Emanuelli

Enabling & Support

ESOC confirms CryoSat-2 GO for launch

08/04/2010 733 views 0 likes

Mission controllers, scientists, engineers at CryoSat-2 pre-launch briefing

Enabling & Support

CryoSat: final briefing confirms ESA ready to go

07/04/2010 509 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2 ready for launch

07/04/2010 950 views 0 likes

ESOC Main Control Room (MCR)

Enabling & Support

CryoSat-2 launch timeline

06/04/2010 2289 views 1 likes

CryoSat-2 installed in launch silo

01/04/2010 1111 views 0 likes

CryoSat's 'roof'

Invitation to the press for CryoSat-2 launch

29/03/2010 1112 views 0 likes

New launch date for CryoSat-2 confirmed

19/03/2010 1784 views 0 likes

CryoSat launch delayed

19/02/2010 1531 views 0 likes

ESA - Euronews Space Magazine CryoSat-2 – ESA's ice mission

19/02/2010 576 views 0 likes

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