Envisat Is Launched

Dr. Merkwürdigliebe writes: "Envisat, also called "The Green Eye", was successfully launched from Kourou in French Guyana by an Ariane 5 rocket. At a hefty 8 tons and 10 meters in lenght, it's ESA's biggest launch yet. The satellite, financed by Europe's ESA members and Canada, carries 10 very sensitive instruments for monitoring the Earth's climate and once deployed should provide scientists with more detailed and much needed data on the general health of the planet, which could prove critical in better understanding of various environmental issues, such as pollution, climate change, ozone-damage, etc."

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Re:not all members

[emir]

i think i have figured out why ireland is not in :) ireland probably doesnt have any aerospace industry. for example sweden pays for 3,5% of whole project, most of this money goes to saab ericsson aerospace for some parts they are providing, so basicaly by supporting esa's project every european country is supporting its own industry. ireland's industry probably couldnt contribute with any instruments thus ireland choose not to participate....