Objectives and Applications
CRISTAL will monitor critical climate signals: ice sheet, ice cap melting and sea level, as well as to monitor variability of Arctic and Southern Ocean sea-ice and its snow loading to support Copernicus operational products and services concerning the polar regions.
Full Name
Copernicus polaR Ice and Snow Topography ALtimeter - A
aka CRISTAL-A
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
Nov 2028
Mission Links
EOL Date
May 2036
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
99 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
92 deg
Orbit Altitude
690 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
367 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AMR-C - Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate |
AMR-CR - Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate |
| IRIS - Interferometric Radar Altimeter for Ice and Snow |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AMR-C, AMR-CR, IRIS |
| Land | Multi-purpose imagery (land) | IRIS |
| Ocean | Ocean topography/currents | AMR-C, AMR-CR, IRIS |
| Ocean surface winds | IRIS |
| Ocean wave height and spectrum | IRIS |
| Snow & Ice | Ice sheet topography | IRIS |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | IRIS |
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