CryoSat
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, however the programme was resumed with the successful launch of a replacement, CryoSat-2, launched on 8 April 2010.

CryoSat is operated from the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.
Q42262
ESA
ORG
Q26540
satellite
Concept
Q663611
low Earth orbit
Concept
Q841083
sea level rise
Concept
Q4241153
CryoSat-1
MISC
Q870049
CryoSat-2
MISC
Q697711
European Space Operations Centre
ORG
Q2973
Darmstadt
LOC
Q183
Germany
LOC
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CryoSat
UNK
Q1142224
CryoSat
UNK
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2005
DATE
2010-04-08T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
8 April 2010
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-1
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-2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-2
NUMBER
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headquarters location
country
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