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Primary instrument is delivered for ESA's CryoSat mission   Close-up of the SIRAL instrument during testing at Acatel in Toulouse, France. SIRAL is the main instrument on ESA's CryoSat mission.  Artist's impression of CryoSat. The launch of the CryoSat spacecraft was unfortunately aborted on 8 October 2005 due to a malfunction of its Rockot launcher, which resulted in the total loss of the spacecraft.
At the latest meeting of the European Space Agency's Earth Observation Programme Board, which took place at ESA’s Headquarters in Paris on 23 and 24 February 2006, ESA received the green light from its Member States to build and launch a CryoSat recovery mission, CryoSat-2.  Glacier calving Release date: 9 August 2005 |