Cryosat 2 launched on April 8, 2010, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Cryosat 2 was placed in orbit by a Dnepr launch vehicle. Cryosat has been designed to measure the ice thickness on land and also at sea, and will provide enough data so that a precise rate of change of the ice thickness can be determined.
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