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CRYOSAT 2

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Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 2010-013ALaunched 4/8/2010
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
CryoSat-2
Launch Vehicle
Dnepr
Launch Date
4/8/2010
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
718 km
Inclination
92.02 deg
Dry Mass
684 kg
Total Mass
720 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Earth Observation
Payload Category
EOSCI
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
European Space Agency (ESA)
Manufacturer
Airbus
Registry
COSPAR ID
2010-013A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/619
Track
Mentions
2
All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.
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SIRAL-2 is a Ku-band only altimeter on ESA’s CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 29, 2022Thales Alenia Space’s agreements regarding development of IRIS and CRISTAL for Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation program

The CRISTAL spacecraft design will build on a design used for the Sentinel-6 ocean topography satellite and CryoSat-2.

CapabilityValue 3.0Sep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU