(Space Fellowship) New launch date for CryoSat-2 confirmed

By , Posted 03/20/10

Link: http://spacefellowship.com/news/art19193/new-launch-date-for-cryosat-2-confir...

(ESA) - The technical issue with the second stage of the Dnepr rocket that delayed the launch of ESA's Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 satellite in February has now been resolved – and the new launch date of 8 April has been set. The launch of CryoSat-2 was originally scheduled to take place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 25 February, but had to be postponed owing to a problem with the fuel reserve in the launcher's second stage. The problem had surfaced a week before the scheduled  [...]