Esa's Cryosat ice mission given launch date
(BBC) March 24, 2010, By Jonathan Amos
Europe's Cryosat-2 spacecraft is set to launch on its mission to map the world's ice fields on Thursday 8 April. The satellite was due to fly in late February but was held on the ground while engineers investigated concerns about the operation of its rocket. Cryosat will ride into orbit atop a Dnepr vehicle, a converted Russian-Ukrainian nuclear missile. The satellite is designed to make detailed measurements of the shape and thickness of Arctic and Antarctic ice. Its data will help scientists to assess better how changing polar ice conditions affect ocean circulation patterns, sea level and global climate.
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