<s>
CryoSat-1	B-Algorithm
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
just	O
CryoSat	B-Algorithm
,	O
was	O
a	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
satellite	B-Application
which	O
was	O
lost	O
in	O
a	O
launch	O
failure	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
satellite	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
's	O
CryoSat	B-Algorithm
mission	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
monitor	O
ice	O
in	O
the	O
high	O
latitudes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
mission	O
satellite	B-Application
,	O
CryoSat-2	B-Algorithm
,	O
was	O
successfully	O
launched	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
's	O
CryoSat	B-Algorithm
mission	O
was	O
developed	O
following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
previous	O
satellite	B-Application
altimeters	O
,	O
including	O
Envisat	B-Algorithm
,	O
ERS-1	B-Algorithm
and	O
ERS-2	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
instrument	O
on	O
board	O
the	O
satellite	B-Application
was	O
the	O
Synthetic	O
Aperture	O
Interferometric	O
Radar	O
Altimeter	O
(	O
SIRAL	O
)	O
,	O
specifically	O
designed	O
to	O
measure	O
both	O
sea	O
ice	O
and	O
polar	O
ice	O
sheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Construction	O
began	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
with	O
EADS	O
Astrium	O
being	O
award	O
the	O
contract	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
satellite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eurockot	O
was	O
to	O
conduct	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
satellite	B-Application
using	O
a	O
Rokot/Briz	O
-KM	O
carrier	O
rocket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
CryoSat	B-Algorithm
arrived	O
at	O
the	O
launch	O
site	O
in	O
Plesetsk	O
Cosmodrome	O
,	O
Russia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
08/10/2005	O
,	O
the	O
satellite	B-Application
failed	O
to	O
reach	O
orbit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
the	O
separation	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
stage	O
and	O
upper	O
stage	O
did	O
not	O
happen	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
satellite	B-Application
could	O
not	O
reach	O
orbit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CryoSat	B-Algorithm
fell	O
into	O
the	O
drop	O
zone	O
north	O
of	O
Greenland	O
near	O
the	O
North	O
Pole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
the	O
CryoSat	B-Algorithm
mission	O
for	O
monitoring	O
Earth	O
's	O
polar	O
regions	O
,	O
a	O
recovery	O
mission	O
was	O
announced	O
less	O
than	O
five	O
months	O
after	O
CryoSat	B-Algorithm
's	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CryoSat-2	B-Algorithm
was	O
successfully	O
launched	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
