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Looking after the 'heart' of the mission - Constantin Mavrocordatos, Payload Manager
 
6 October 2005

Payload Manager
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Constantin Mavrocordatos, CryoSat Payload Manager
 
 
Aircraft
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.
 
 
DORIS
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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

 
 
SIRAL
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Detailed view of the SIRAL instrument on CryoSat
 
 
SIRAL
The twin SIRAL antennas were built for ESA by Saab Ericsson Space

Credits: Saab Ericsson Space
 
 
SIRAL team
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CryoSat Payload Manager Constantin Mavrocordatos and the SIRAL team
 


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