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This article that I have read was about that the Euoropean Space Agency are going to have the second chance to launch a satellite to make the most sensitive measurements for sea ice and glaciers. The first launch was a fail in 2005 which crashed in the Artic Ocean. They soon spent over 207 million dollars to make another try, which is called the CryoSat 2. They say that this satellite should be launched in September. ESA Mission Science Division. The CryoSat 2 will get the data on polar ice every 30 days from the altitude of 445 miles which will be recording the centimeter size changes in the ice thickness by measuring the ice's height with the microwaves. The microwaves can penetrate clouds better than the infrared that is used in NASA. This satellite will provide the tracking of cloud covvered regions like Greenland. The thickness of the ice will help the climate scientists make better computer models to predict polar tempertures.