Europe ice mission failure probed

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Series Details 9.10.05
Publication Date 09/10/2005
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A rocket carrying a European mission to map polar ice fell into the ocean, minutes after lift-off on 8 October 2005. The European Space Agency's Cryosat spacecraft took off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

In February 2006 the European Space Agency (Esa) agreed to build a copy of the original £95m (€140m) craft.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4324286.stm
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European Space Agency: Focus on CryoSat http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/CryoSat
BBC News, 24.2.06: Go-ahead for Europe ice mission http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4745168.stm
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