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Russia set to launch Europe's CryoSat-2 satellite from Baikonur

© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankThe launch of CryoSat-2, which will monitor the effects of global warming on polar glaciers, is scheduled for 17:57 Moscow time (13:57 GMT)
The launch of CryoSat-2, which will monitor the effects of global warming on polar glaciers, is scheduled for 17:57 Moscow time (13:57 GMT) - Sputnik International
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A Russian Dnepr carrier rocket will launch the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

A Russian Dnepr carrier rocket will launch the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday, the Russian Space Agency said.

The launch of CryoSat-2, which will monitor the effects of global warming on polar glaciers, is scheduled for 17:57 Moscow time (13:57 GMT).

The initial launch of the satellite was scheduled for February 25, but was postponed due to technical reasons.

The 140 million euro satellite, CryoSat-1, was built by the space company EADS Astrium for the European Space Agency. It went missing in October 2005 after the satellite's Russian Rokot booster malfunctioned just a few minutes after blasting clear of the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia. It later crashed into the Arctic Ocean.

 

MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti)

 

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