Objectives and Applications
A radar altimetry mission to determine variations in the thickness of the Earth’s continental ice sheets and marine ice cover. Primary objective is to test the prediction of thinning arctic ice due to global warming.
Full Name
CryoSat (Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission)
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
08 Oct 2005
Mission Links
EOL Date
08 Oct 2005
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
92 deg
Orbit Altitude
717 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
369 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
DORIS-NG - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation |
| Laser Reflectors (ESA) - Laser Reflectors |
| SIRAL - SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | DORIS-NG, Laser Reflectors (ESA) |
| Land | Landscape topography | SIRAL |
| Ocean | Ocean topography/currents | DORIS-NG |
| Snow & Ice | Ice sheet topography | SIRAL |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | SIRAL |
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