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

Radar altimetry gains altitude in Venice

24/09/2012 2775 views 3 likes

Watch the altimetry symposium live from Venice

21/09/2012 1233 views 1 likes

Mean sea level trends

Call for Media: new data on global sea level changes

19/09/2012 2032 views 0 likes

Mapping the ocean floor

CryoSat goes to sea

28/05/2012 7017 views 7 likes

CryoSat: past, present and future

15/05/2012 1010 views 1 likes

ESA's ice mission

Latest CryoSat result revealed

24/04/2012 5626 views 7 likes

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

18/04/2012 1155 views 0 likes

Arctic sea ice from the NASA P-3

ESA and NASA join forces to measure Arctic sea ice

04/04/2012 2325 views 2 likes

Camping on blue ice

Checking CryoSat reveals rising Antarctic blue ice

29/03/2012 2381 views 3 likes

CryoSat breaks the ice with ocean currents

06/02/2012 2541 views 4 likes

Tracking CryoSat

Ice data at your fingertips

04/01/2012 1782 views 1 likes

Wind speed from CryoSat

CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves

22/12/2011 2013 views 0 likes

Skidoo and corner reflector

Antarctic expedition checks CryoSat down-under

09/12/2011 1915 views 2 likes

CryoSat rocking and rolling

17/10/2011 1361 views 0 likes

‘Roots2Share’ opening

Greenland and the Netherlands look to CryoSat for answers o…

17/10/2011 978 views 0 likes

Envisat image of the Arctic

Arctic ice nears record low

14/09/2011 2387 views 1 likes

Arctic sea-ice thickness

New ice thickness map of the Arctic unveiled

21/06/2011 7555 views 5 likes

HRH The Prince of Orange visits Greenland

CryoSat Greenland camp receives royal guest

11/05/2011 1342 views 0 likes

NASA aerial view of site

ESA–NASA collaboration furthers sea-ice research

19/04/2011 1909 views 1 likes

ESA Arctic ice campaign takes off

08/04/2011 979 views 0 likes

CryoSat detects leads in sea ice

CryoSat ice data now open to all

01/02/2011 3960 views 2 likes

Mean dynamic topography of global ocean

ESA missions highlighted at world's largest scientific conf…

17/12/2010 1863 views 1 likes

Handing over the 'keys' to CryoSat

ESA's ice mission goes live

22/11/2010 1531 views 1 likes

ESA's ice mission

CryoSat ice mission gets clean bill of health

26/10/2010 1199 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2

Enabling & Support

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

26/10/2010 1943 views 1 likes

Scientists receive first CryoSat-2 data

20/07/2010 2163 views 1 likes

New view of ice thickness in Antarctica

CryoSat-2 exceeding expectations

01/07/2010 2074 views 0 likes

IPY Oslo Science Conference held in Norway

Polar scientists herald importance of satellite observations

15/06/2010 2269 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 1696 views 0 likes

ESA's ice mission delivers first data

13/04/2010 1808 views 1 likes

Enabling & Support

Webcast: Climate science featured at CryoSat-2 launch event

09/04/2010 838 views 1 likes

Liftoff of ESA's CryoSat-2

Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite

08/04/2010 2617 views 0 likes

PP Emanuelli

Enabling & Support

ESOC confirms CryoSat-2 GO for launch

08/04/2010 734 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 511 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2 ready for launch

07/04/2010 953 views 0 likes

ESOC Main Control Room (MCR)

Enabling & Support

CryoSat-2 launch timeline

06/04/2010 2307 views 1 likes

CryoSat-2 installed in launch silo

01/04/2010 1115 views 0 likes

CryoSat's 'roof'

Invitation to the press for CryoSat-2 launch

29/03/2010 1118 views 0 likes

New launch date for CryoSat-2 confirmed

19/03/2010 1789 views 0 likes

CryoSat launch delayed

19/02/2010 1532 views 0 likes

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

19/02/2010 579 views 0 likes

CryoSat to observe Earth’s ice cover

15/02/2010 900 views 0 likes

Final look at CryoSat-2

Last look at CryoSat-2

11/02/2010 1276 views 0 likes

Mission Control Team in simulation training 8 December 2009

Enabling & Support

CryoSat-2 launch: teams in intense preparation

22/01/2010 1408 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2 arrives at Baikonur

Enabling & Support

ESA's ice mission arrives safely at launch site

14/01/2010 1494 views 1 likes

CryoSat

CryoSat: green light for launch campaign

20/11/2009 947 views 0 likes

Looking forward to launch

February launch for ESA's CryoSat ice mission

14/09/2009 1363 views 0 likes

CryoSat

CryoSat ready for launch: Media Day at IABG/Munich

04/09/2009 1111 views 0 likes

Kiruna station

Ground segment declared ready for CryoSat mission

07/08/2009 1453 views 0 likes

Clearing the camp of dry Antarctic snow

Scientists spend a white Christmas in Antarctica

22/12/2008 2273 views 0 likes

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