United space in Europe
Applications

CryoSat-2 Mission Overview

25/02/2010 835 views 3 likes 249349 ID 00:03:04
English
  • MP4 [22.05 MB]

Thank you for liking

You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!

Cryosat is now due for launch on 8 April 2010 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

The technical issue on the Dnepr rocket, that delayed the launch last February, has now been resolved.

The urgency to tackle the Earth's changing climate is a priority today and the European Space Agency with its Earth Observation satellites is leading this effort, providing scientists with many of the key variables, stemming from natural causes and induced by man, which are today affecting our environment.

With the launch of CryoSat-2, ESA's so-called Ice Mission, data of an unprecedented precision are now going to be available on the rates at polar ice on land and at sea is melting.

This A & B-Roll presents the missions key aspects in the context of climate change. It includes interviews with ESAs CryoSat-2 Project manager Richard Francis, lead scientist Duncan Wingham from University College London, Malcolm Davidson ground campaign manager ESA, and Volker Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation.

  • ESA
  • VNR
  • Observing the Earth
  • CryoSat CryoSat-2
  • Cryosat 2 Satellite Cryosat Radar Altimeter
  • ESTEC
  • Discussing Flying Measuring Monitoring Observing
  • 3D models 3D view Altimeter Altimetry Animations Arctic Clean room Earth Earth observation Engineers Ground stations Ice cap Ice sheets Ice thickness Icebergs Measurement Orbits Poles Satellite dish Satellite image Sea-ice
CryoSat-2 the ground truth
Applications

CryoSat-2 the ground truth

Video 00:03:03 1331 views 1 likes
CryoSat-2, ESA's Ice Mission
Applications

CryoSat-2 VNR

Video 00:03:59 2085 views 3 likes
CryoSat reveals iceberg
Applications

CryoSat reveals iceberg

Image 3570 views 31 likes
Artist's impression of CryoSat
Applications

Artist's impression of CryoSat

Image 409 views 2 likes
Applications

CryoSat

Video 00:01:19 4253 views 0 likes