CRISTAL-A Mission

Launch Status

TBD

Date & Time

2027

Location

Guiana Space Centre Launch Site

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1

Launch Service Provider

Avio S.p.A logo

Avio S.p.A

Vehicle

Vega-C image

Vega-C

Mission

CRISTAL-A

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

First of two Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) satellites, carrying a dual-frequency radar altimeter along with a microwave radiometer to measure and monitor changes in sea-ice thickness, overlying snow depth and ice-sheet elevation.

Updated: Oct 26, 4:00pm UTC

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