ESA programme monitoring polar ice using satellites
CryoSat is an ESA programme to monitor variations in the extent and thickness of polar ice through use of a satellite in low Earth orbit. The information provided about the behaviour of coastal glaciers that drain thinning ice sheets will be key to better predictions of future sea level rise. The CryoSat-1 spacecraft was lost in a launch failure in 2005,[1] however the programme was resumed with the successful launch of a replacement, CryoSat-2, launched on 8 April 2010.[2][3][4]
CryoSat is operated from the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.
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