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November 19, 2023

Instruments

The following instruments compose the Calipso satellite's payload:

a backscattering lidar (main instrument (532 nm and 1,064 nm with polarizer), with a 1-metre diameter telescope),
a visible camera (WFC: Wide-Field Camera),
an Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR).

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