Payload
CRYOSAT 2
OperationalPayloadLEO
CRYOSAT 2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) payload satellite, launched on April 8, 2010 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 8, 2010 at 01:57 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Dnepr 1 →
- Operator
- ISC Kosmotras
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 721 km
- Periapsis
- 718 km
- Inclination
- 92.04°
- Orbital period
- 99.18 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 720 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 36508
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 2.5642 m²
- Status
- Operational