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Calipso

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Orbit: LEOLaunched 4/28/2006
Technical Specifications
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Dry Mass
559 kg
Total Mass
587 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Manufacturer

Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Launch Mission

Calipso/Cloudsat

4/28/2006

Entity Mentions
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CALIPSO was based on a PROTEUS platform supplied by Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: CALIPSOSource

CALIPSO utilized the CALIOP instrument for laser sounding and the IIR instrument for infrared imagery.

Mentioned as: CALIPSOSource

CALIPSO's measurements were in close association with CloudSat's cloud radar observations.

Mentioned as: CALIPSOSource

CALIPSO is a result of collaboration between NASA Langley Research Center and CNES.

Mentioned as: CALIPSOSource