Cryosat to launch Oct. 8, ESA says

LAUNCH DATE: The European Space Agency's Cryosat spacecraft is scheduled to be launched Oct. 8 on a Rockot vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, ESA said Sept. 29. Cryosat is to measure the ice at the Earth's poles with greater accuracy, including its thickness (DAILY, Oct. 11, 2004).

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