CIMR satellite

At 14 metres high – as high as a four-floor building – the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) satellite is large. It features a particular platform that carries, powers and manages the rotating microwave radiometer that is at the top and which transfers the scientific data to Earth. It is equipped with a scanner that allows the 700 kg microwave radiometer instrument to rotate at 7.8 rpm. Once in orbit, the satellite deploys its reflector, which measures eight metres across (not pictured here).

CIMR is designed to measure sea-ice concentration, sea-surface temperature, sea-surface salinity, and more.