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After all, Cryosat is lost - the second stage of the russian Rockot launcher did not seperate. Actually the command for
the second stage to finish burning was never transmitted to the rocket, so it burnt until the end and the subsequent
command for separation was never executed. So the empty second stage, the full third stage along with the Cryosat satellite
were on a ballistic trajectory from Plesetsk, over the north pole until it impacted in the Lincoln sea north of Greenland.
Scientists and project members at ESA immeditely started to talk about a possible Cryosat 2 mission.
Last-Modified: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:22:45 GMT
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