rocksea
16th October 2005, 11:36 AM
The European Space Agency's ice mission, Cryosat, has been lost off the Russian coast.
The satellite fell into the Arctic Ocean minutes after lift-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The £90m (135m euro) craft was designed to monitor how the Earth's ice masses are responding to climate change.
Scientists said the crash was a "tragedy" and it would be years before they could launch a similar mission, even if more funding were available.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40889000/jpg/_40889020_cryosat_esa_203.jpg
Credits: BBC News
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4323378.stm
The satellite fell into the Arctic Ocean minutes after lift-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The £90m (135m euro) craft was designed to monitor how the Earth's ice masses are responding to climate change.
Scientists said the crash was a "tragedy" and it would be years before they could launch a similar mission, even if more funding were available.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40889000/jpg/_40889020_cryosat_esa_203.jpg
Credits: BBC News
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4323378.stm