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Research Campaign in Arctic for the launch of the ESA Cryosat-2 satellite
Toronto, Canada - Goal: the picking up of useful information to interpret data that the satellite will supply
On October 8th, 2005, the Rockot launcher with onboard the ESA Cryosta-1 satellite, for the study of the land ice, took off from the Pleseteck Base, crashed into the Arctic water due to failure in the control system (see AVIONEWS). After the flop, the European Space Agency decided to give the go-ahead to the Cryosat-2 programme (with the same scientific scope of Cryosat-1), and this will be launched...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1089693
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency