CryoSat environmental testing over - preparations for shipment to launch site about to begin

[Jacques van Oene]

The intense mechanical testing period is finally over for the CryoSat
satellite, and with launch just a couple of months away - the very last
checks are being made before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to the
launch site in Plesetsk, Russia.

Full story at:

http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMWO2808BE_LPcryosat_0.html

For more information on Observing the Earth see:

http://www.esa.int/eo

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Jacques :-)

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