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On July 16th, the European Space Agency will start to raise the orbit of its CryoSat-2 to be in sync with NASA’s ICESat-2.

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When the maneuvers are complete later this summer, the two ice-measuring satellites will pass over a swath of the Arctic within a few hours of each other.

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The overlapping data is highlighted in bright green.

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The synchronous stretch is more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) and will be key for studying sea ice.