Anticipation as the EarthCARE container lid is lifted

After being packed up in Germany, a long voyage to the US and then a month in storage, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has been carefully lifted out of its transport container so that the team at the launch site can start getting it ready for its big day in May.

The satellite is designed to advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back out to space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface. It’s set of four state-of-the-art instruments will work together to yield new insight into Earth’s radiation balance against the backdrop of the climate crisis.

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