ESA - CryoSat - CryoSat, ESA's ice mission

CryoSat at a glance

An Earth Explorer CryoSat: an icy mission Earth’s changing ice Facts and figures

About the satellite

Platform Instruments

About the launch

Launch site Launcher After launch

Meet the team

Richard Francis - Project Manager Tommaso Parrinello - Mission Manager Duncan Wingham, Lead Investigator Klaus Köble, EADS Astrium Project Manager Mark Drinkwater, Mission Scientist Bill Simpson, Launch Campaign Manager Nic Mardle, Spacecraft Operations Manager Laurent Rey, Thales Alenia Space SIRAL Project Manager Malcolm Davidson, Validation Manager

Multimedia

Image Gallery Animations Videos Online documents

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News

CryoSat, ESA's ice mission

If our planet is warming up, what does the future hold for Earth's frozen Poles? ESA's ice mission will precisely measure changes in ice thickness to help predict likely developments. All is explained in this VideoTalk, an exciting multimedia feature.

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