CryoSat Launch Party (8/12): Key managers in the front row, while the Dnepr is still firing. From the left CryoSat PI D. Wingham, ESA Dir. of Ops. G. Winters, ESA DG J.-J. Dordain, WMO WCRP Dir. G. Asrar and Germany's star climatologist M. Latif.

CryoSat Launch Party (8/12): Key managers in the front row, while the Dnepr is still firing. From the left CryoSat PI D. Wingham, ESA Dir. of Ops. G. Winters, ESA DG J.-J. Dordain, WMO WCRP Dir. G. Asrar and Germany's star climatologist M. Latif.