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CryoSat-2
European Space Agency environmental research satellite. CryoSat-2 was launched on April 8, 2010 aboard a Dnepr from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2010-013ANORAD 36508European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- CRYOSAT 2
- Common name
- CryoSat-2
- Payload designation
- Cryosat 2
- International designator
- 2010-013A
- NORAD catalog number
- 36508
- GCAT identifier
- S36508
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/619
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Earth Exp
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- EADS Astrium Satellites (D), Friedrichsafen
- Platform (bus)
- Flexbus
Launch
- Date
- April 8, 2010 · 13:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-013Success
- Rocket
- Dnepr
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC109/95
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 710 km
- Apogee
- 726 km
- Inclination
- 92.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2023
Size
- Mass
- 720 kg
- Dry mass
- 684 kg
- Length
- 4.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 4.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q870049 (CC0).