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March 28, 2017

Instruments

The following instruments compose Calipso satellite's payload :

a backscattering Lidar (main instrument (532 nm and 1064 nm with polarizer), equipped with a 1-metre diameter telescope),
a visible Camera (WFC: Wide-Field Camera),
an Infrared Imager Radiometer (IIR).

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