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

Wind speed from CryoSat

CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves

22/12/2011 2261 views 0 likes

Skidoo and corner reflector

Antarctic expedition checks CryoSat down-under

09/12/2011 2255 views 2 likes

CryoSat rocking and rolling

17/10/2011 1579 views 0 likes

‘Roots2Share’ opening

Greenland and the Netherlands look to CryoSat for answers o…

17/10/2011 1190 views 0 likes

Envisat image of the Arctic

Arctic ice nears record low

14/09/2011 3159 views 1 likes

Arctic sea-ice thickness

New ice thickness map of the Arctic unveiled

21/06/2011 8624 views 6 likes

HRH The Prince of Orange visits Greenland

CryoSat Greenland camp receives royal guest

11/05/2011 1622 views 0 likes

NASA aerial view of site

ESA–NASA collaboration furthers sea-ice research

19/04/2011 2188 views 1 likes

ESA Arctic ice campaign takes off

08/04/2011 1244 views 0 likes

CryoSat detects leads in sea ice

CryoSat ice data now open to all

01/02/2011 4394 views 6 likes

Mean dynamic topography of global ocean

ESA missions highlighted at world's largest scientific conf…

17/12/2010 2143 views 1 likes

Handing over the 'keys' to CryoSat

ESA's ice mission goes live

22/11/2010 1910 views 1 likes

ESA's ice mission

CryoSat ice mission gets clean bill of health

26/10/2010 1483 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2

Enabling & Support

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

26/10/2010 2288 views 1 likes

Scientists receive first CryoSat-2 data

20/07/2010 2524 views 1 likes

New view of ice thickness in Antarctica

CryoSat-2 exceeding expectations

01/07/2010 2401 views 0 likes

IPY Oslo Science Conference held in Norway

Polar scientists herald importance of satellite observations

15/06/2010 2746 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 2002 views 0 likes

ESA's ice mission delivers first data

13/04/2010 2091 views 1 likes

Enabling & Support

Webcast: Climate science featured at CryoSat-2 launch event

09/04/2010 1002 views 1 likes

Liftoff of ESA's CryoSat-2

Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite

08/04/2010 3079 views 0 likes

PP Emanuelli

Enabling & Support

ESOC confirms CryoSat-2 GO for launch

08/04/2010 856 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 634 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2 ready for launch

07/04/2010 1189 views 0 likes

ESOC Main Control Room (MCR)

Enabling & Support

CryoSat-2 launch timeline

06/04/2010 2792 views 2 likes

CryoSat-2 installed in launch silo

01/04/2010 1339 views 0 likes

CryoSat's 'roof'

Invitation to the press for CryoSat-2 launch

29/03/2010 1348 views 0 likes

New launch date for CryoSat-2 confirmed

19/03/2010 2038 views 0 likes

CryoSat launch delayed

19/02/2010 1747 views 0 likes

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

19/02/2010 663 views 0 likes

CryoSat to observe Earth’s ice cover

15/02/2010 1114 views 0 likes

Final look at CryoSat-2

Last look at CryoSat-2

11/02/2010 1571 views 0 likes

Mission Control Team in simulation training 8 December 2009

Enabling & Support

CryoSat-2 launch: teams in intense preparation

22/01/2010 1622 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2 arrives at Baikonur

Enabling & Support

ESA's ice mission arrives safely at launch site

14/01/2010 1734 views 1 likes

CryoSat

CryoSat: green light for launch campaign

20/11/2009 1218 views 0 likes

Looking forward to launch

February launch for ESA's CryoSat ice mission

14/09/2009 1735 views 0 likes

CryoSat

CryoSat ready for launch: Media Day at IABG/Munich

04/09/2009 1308 views 0 likes

Kiruna station

Ground segment declared ready for CryoSat mission

07/08/2009 1699 views 0 likes

Clearing the camp of dry Antarctic snow

Scientists spend a white Christmas in Antarctica

22/12/2008 2692 views 0 likes

Leanne Guy

Physicist delivers Arctic snow-depth data in support of Cry…

11/09/2008 1374 views 1 likes

Crossing open water during the Arctic Arc expedition

Arctic explorer delivers unique snow-depth data for CryoSat

23/05/2008 2633 views 2 likes

Drilling through the ice

Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat…

09/05/2008 1943 views 0 likes

Leanne Guy

Physicist contributes to CryoSat on trek to North Pole

08/04/2008 976 views 0 likes

SIRAL-2 with test engineer

Major milestone reached in CryoSat-2 development

06/02/2008 1282 views 0 likes

Struggling over rough sea-ice during the Arctic Arc expedition

ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating …

12/06/2007 2612 views 0 likes

Building a corner reflector on Austfonna

Scientists and polar explorers brave the elements in suppor…

19/04/2007 2090 views 1 likes

CryoSat

CryoSat-2 on the road to recovery

12/03/2007 2281 views 2 likes

Sea-ice in the Antarctic

Workshop on Antarctic sea-ice highlights need for CryoSat-…

09/08/2006 1250 views 0 likes

Marc Cornelissen

Polar explorers use satellite broadband to stay in touch

05/05/2006 1154 views 0 likes

Measuring snow and ice properties

Climate Change students help CryoSat-2 Arctic campaign

28/04/2006 1718 views 0 likes

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