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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- CryoSat
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Full Name
CryoSat (Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission)
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
ESA
Launch Date
08 Oct 2005
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
08 Oct 2005
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
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
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.
Mission Measurements
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
Mission Instruments
DORIS-NG - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation
Laser Reflectors (ESA) - Laser Reflectors
SIRAL - SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter
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