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Cryosat

 2010-013A

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The two main stages put the payload module on a suborbital trajectory; the final stage MIRV bus then performs the low-thrust orbit insertion burn, dragging the payload behind it into a 710 x 726 km x 92.0 deg orbit. The final stage ended up in a higher orbit of 716 x 1119 km.

Cryosat
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2010 Apr 8	1357:04	Launch by Dnepr	KB LC109/95
		T+1:50 Stage 1 sep
		T+5:09 GO
		T+5:54 St 2 sep
	1401	T+5:55? DU on
	1412?	Plume shield sep
	1413	T+16:28 Satellite separation
	1413?	DS MECO

Payload:

• SIRAL SAR Ku-band interferometric radar altimeter 1 and 2

• DORIS receiver

• Laser retroreflectors