| Date: | 2005-09-10 17:48:00 | |
| Sender: | Gilles Tavernier/CNES <> Tavernier Gilles <gilles.tavernier@cnes.fr>> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 1371: CRYOSAT launch schedule | |
| Author: | Gilles Tavernier | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2005-09-10 17:48:00 UTC Message No. 1371 ******************************************************************************** Author: Gilles Tavernier/CNES Subject: CRYOSAT launch schedule Begin forwarded message: > From: Tavernier Gilles > Date: September 9, 2005 11:44:44 AM EDT > To: DORIS Mail > Subject: [DORISMail] No 0401 : CRYOSAT launch schedule > Reply-To: dorismail@ensg.ign.fr > > *********************************************************************** > ******* > DORISMail 09-Sep-2005 17:00:58 Message > No 0401 > *********************************************************************** > ******* > > Author: Tavernier Gilles > Subject: CRYOSAT launch schedule > > Dear colleagues, > > The CRYOSAT satellite has arrived safely at its launch site in > Plesetsk (Russia). The launch is now officially scheduled for October > 8, 2005 at 3:05 p.m. UT. > > It will take a new DORIS receiver aboard, intermediate between the 2GM > receiver used on-board Jason-1 and SPOT-5 and the future 2GXX to be > used on board Jason-2. > It will also carry Laser retro-reflectors. > > The DORIS receiver should be put on 23 hours after launch. It will > undergo acceptance and validation tests for a while. Data delivered by > ESA to CNES will will then be processed and delivered to the IDS Data > Centers. > > Cryosat is Europe´s first spacescraft dedicated to the study of ice > and has a high inclination of 92 degrees. > > More info on the CRYOSAT mission and on the satellite payload can be > found on ESA Web site at: > http://www.esrin.esa.it/export/SPECIALS/Cryosat/SEMI58A5QCE_0.html > > > Best regards, > > Gilles TAVERNIER > _____________________________________________________ > CNES > DCT/PO/AL - Bpi 2002 Phone : 33 - (0)5 61 27 37 76 > 18, avenue Edouard Belin Fax : 33 - (0)5 61 28 25 95 > 31 401 TOULOUSE CEDEX 9 Email : Gilles.Tavernier@cnes.fr > _____________________________________________________ > > > > Please do not reply directly to this message, but send > comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr ----- Ms. Carey Noll Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau NASA GSFC Code 690.5 Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA E-mail: Carey.Noll@nasa.gov Voice: (301) 614-6542 Fax: (301) 614-6099 WWW: http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov From: Carey Noll ******************************************************************************** |