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Europe's Ice Satellite CRISTAL Deploys Its Solar Wings and Heads Into Environmental Testing
CRISTAL, Europe's next polar ice altimetry satellite, is fully assembled, has passed its first solar-array deployment and launch-adapter checks, and moves to ESA's Netherlands site for a year of environmental testing ahead of a late-2027 to early-2028 launch.
