It was in October 2005, CryoSat satellite crashed into the Arctic Ocean when its launch vehicle failed. The European Space Agency has planned to rebuild its lost CryoSat satellite. To provide valuable new data to climate scientists, and designed to measure the thickness of polar ice sheets and floating sea ice to an unprecedented level of accuracy, the crashed CryoSat cost €140 ($167) million.
But now, ESA’s member states have agreed to rebuild the mission at a projected cost of €106.4 ($126.9) million. Though it will cost less, CryoSat-2 will have the same objectives as the original satellite. This less price is possible because it will use ESA’s existing data processing and satellite operations.
Via: New Scientist
CryoSat: Climate Satellite to be Rebuilt by ESA
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