ESA - CryoSat - Looking after the 'heart' of the mission - Constantin Mavrocordatos, Payload Manager

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

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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

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Looking after the 'heart' of the mission - Constantin Mavrocordatos, Payload Manager

6 October 2005

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Constantin Mavrocordatos, CryoSat Payload Manager

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The scientific plane with ESA's airborne radar altimeter ASIRAS and the laser alimeter on board, passing directly over one of the UK camps on the Greenland ice sheet. The scientists are standing around a corner reflector, a metal construction which is used to calibrate and ensure maximum accuracy of the radar data collected by the plane.

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The DORIS radio receiver placed aboard CryoSat

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Artist's impression of the CryoSat spacecraft in orbit. The launch of the CryoSat spacecraft unfortunately failed on 8 October 2005 due to a malfunction of its Rockot launcher, which resulted in the total loss of the spacecraft.

At a meeting of the European Space Agency's Earth Observation Programme Board, which took place at ESA’s Headquarters in Paris on 23 and 24 February 2006, ESA received the green light from its Member States to build and launch a CryoSat recovery mission, CryoSat-2.

Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab

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Detailed view of the SIRAL instrument on CryoSat

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The twin SIRAL antennas were built for ESA by Saab Ericsson Space

Credits: Saab Ericsson Space

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CryoSat Payload Manager Constantin Mavrocordatos and the SIRAL team

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CryoSat-2 Campaigns