BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe ice mission lost in ocean: "Europe ice mission lost in ocean
By Helen Briggs
BBC News science reporter, Frascati
Cryosat launch (Esa-S/CORVAJA)
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The European Space Agency has confirmed that its ice mission Cryosat has been lost off the Russian coast.
The satellite fell into the Arctic Ocean minutes after lift-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
The £90m (135m euro) craft was designed to monitor how the Earth's ice masses are responding to climate change.
Scientists said the crash was a 'tragedy' and it would be years before they could launch a similar mission, even if more funding were available.
The European Space Agency (Esa) probe lifted off at 1902 local time (1602 BST) on Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. Space officials said the flight broke up and crashed into the sea."
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