ESA - CryoSat - CryoSat-2 ready for launch

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

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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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CryoSat-2 ready for launch

7 April 2010

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ESA's ice mission CryoSat in orbit. CryoSat is Europe's first mission dedicated to monitoring ice. By measuring the changes in the thickness of ice, both marine ice floating in the oceans and the vast ice sheets on land, the CryoSat mission will lead to a better understanding of how Earth's ice fields are responding to climate change.

Credits: ESA/AOES Medialab

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ESA's CryoSat-2 Project Manager Richard Francis sitting (at left front) on console in ESOC Main Control Room beside Operations Director Pier Paolo Emanuelli (standing at right rear).

Credits: ESA

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