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

Ice venturers yield results for CryoSat

18/03/2015 2857 views 49 likes

Austfonna ice loss

Satellites catch Austfonna shedding ice

23/01/2015 12404 views 95 likes

Five years ice-thickness change

CryoSat extends its reach on the Arctic

15/12/2014 8537 views 68 likes

Gravity reveals seafloor

CryoSat unveils secrets of the deep

03/10/2014 14061 views 114 likes

Greenland ice-sheet height

Ice sheet highs, lows and loss

20/08/2014 15449 views 106 likes

Sea-level detail from CryoSat

Special delivery from CryoSat

11/06/2014 4092 views 50 likes

Antarctica’s ice loss

CryoSat finds sharp increase in Antarctica’s ice losses

19/05/2014 14912 views 98 likes

Setting up camp

Ice mission and extreme camping

14/05/2014 5272 views 60 likes

Antarctic artefacts

CryoSat detects hidden Antarctic pattern

21/01/2014 7990 views 72 likes

Autumn sea-ice thickness from CryoSat 2010–2013

Arctic sea ice up from record low

16/12/2013 41968 views 139 likes

Thinning ice

Antarctica’s ice loss on the rise

11/12/2013 11668 views 106 likes

Measuring the storm surge

CryoSat measures European storm surge

09/12/2013 7177 views 68 likes

New dimensions on ice

11/09/2013 22815 views 68 likes

Site of crater

CryoSat maps largest-ever flood beneath Antarctica

02/07/2013 14494 views 117 likes

SMOS tracks Hurricane Igor

ESA’s Earth satellites are stars

21/06/2013 6916 views 34 likes

CryoSat reveals major loss of Arctic sea ice

13/02/2013 13184 views 44 likes

Altimeter reading over Cuba

CryoSat hits land

21/12/2012 12649 views 35 likes

ESA satellites looking deeper into sea ice

05/10/2012 3776 views 0 likes

Radar altimetry gains altitude in Venice

24/09/2012 2978 views 3 likes

Watch the altimetry symposium live from Venice

21/09/2012 1354 views 1 likes

Mean sea level trends

Call for Media: new data on global sea level changes

19/09/2012 2225 views 0 likes

Mapping the ocean floor

CryoSat goes to sea

28/05/2012 7370 views 8 likes

CryoSat: past, present and future

15/05/2012 1101 views 1 likes

ESA's ice mission

Latest CryoSat result revealed

24/04/2012 5846 views 7 likes

Call for Media: CryoSat’s first map of changes in sea-ice t…

18/04/2012 1283 views 0 likes

Arctic sea ice from the NASA P-3

ESA and NASA join forces to measure Arctic sea ice

04/04/2012 2592 views 3 likes

Camping on blue ice

Checking CryoSat reveals rising Antarctic blue ice

29/03/2012 2552 views 3 likes

CryoSat breaks the ice with ocean currents

06/02/2012 2743 views 4 likes

Tracking CryoSat

Ice data at your fingertips

04/01/2012 1965 views 1 likes

Wind speed from CryoSat

CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves

22/12/2011 2186 views 0 likes

Skidoo and corner reflector

Antarctic expedition checks CryoSat down-under

09/12/2011 2163 views 2 likes

CryoSat rocking and rolling

17/10/2011 1513 views 0 likes

‘Roots2Share’ opening

Greenland and the Netherlands look to CryoSat for answers o…

17/10/2011 1155 views 0 likes

Envisat image of the Arctic

Arctic ice nears record low

14/09/2011 2864 views 1 likes

Arctic sea-ice thickness

New ice thickness map of the Arctic unveiled

21/06/2011 8361 views 6 likes

HRH The Prince of Orange visits Greenland

CryoSat Greenland camp receives royal guest

11/05/2011 1534 views 0 likes

NASA aerial view of site

ESA–NASA collaboration furthers sea-ice research

19/04/2011 2113 views 1 likes

ESA Arctic ice campaign takes off

08/04/2011 1173 views 0 likes

CryoSat detects leads in sea ice

CryoSat ice data now open to all

01/02/2011 4279 views 5 likes

Mean dynamic topography of global ocean

ESA missions highlighted at world's largest scientific conf…

17/12/2010 2079 views 1 likes

Handing over the 'keys' to CryoSat

ESA's ice mission goes live

22/11/2010 1796 views 1 likes

ESA's ice mission

CryoSat ice mission gets clean bill of health

26/10/2010 1390 views 0 likes

CryoSat-2

Enabling & Support

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

26/10/2010 2216 views 1 likes

Scientists receive first CryoSat-2 data

20/07/2010 2429 views 1 likes

New view of ice thickness in Antarctica

CryoSat-2 exceeding expectations

01/07/2010 2321 views 0 likes

IPY Oslo Science Conference held in Norway

Polar scientists herald importance of satellite observations

15/06/2010 2640 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 1915 views 0 likes

ESA's ice mission delivers first data

13/04/2010 2020 views 1 likes

Enabling & Support

Webcast: Climate science featured at CryoSat-2 launch event

09/04/2010 958 views 1 likes

Liftoff of ESA's CryoSat-2

Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite

08/04/2010 2959 views 0 likes

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