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IRIS Altimeter Contract for CRISTAL Mission Awarded

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Tom Patton
Oct 02, 2020
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A $103 million contract has been awarded to Thales Alenia Space by Airbus Defence and Space to develop the two IRIS altimeter flight models (Interferometric Radar Altimeter for Ice and Snow) for the Copernicus polaR Ice and Snow Topography ALtimeter (CRISTAL) mission.

The CRISTAL mission is part of the expansion of the Copernicus Space Component program …

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