Cryosat Mission Feared Lost |
Cryosat Mission Feared Lost |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4319596.stm
Mission control at ESA is growing increasingly concerned about the fate of Europe's ice monitoring spacecraft, Cryosat. The Cryosat spacecraft was launched at 1902 local time today, Oct 8, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, but mission controllers have failed to receive a signal from the spacecraft. |
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Two days ago, another Russian lauch failed:
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap_05...tor_launch.html ![]() ![]() |
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QUOTE (general @ Oct 8 2005, 09:58 PM) Two days ago, another Russian lauch failed: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap_05...tor_launch.html ![]() ![]() I followed the links, but don't see any mention of failure - just no recovery (yet). It took them ages last time they flew one of these chaps... ...oh, and it appears (according to an earlier Space.Com article) that the re-entry system is indeed based on the Mars 96 vehicles: "DaimlerChrysler cooperated with Moscow-based NPO Lavochkin to develop the Inflatable Reentry Descent Technology as a compact and cheap way of returning cargo from space. This system was originally designed for Russia's Mars '96 spacecraft. That project failed to leave the Earth orbit after its launch by a Proton rocket..." Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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