Evening Standard - London, February 28th, 2002
A GIGANTIC rocket carrying the largest satellite ever built in Europe will be hurled into space early tomorrow-its mission to be a guardian of Earth's fragile environment. The satellite Envisat - costing pounds 1.5 billion and bigger than the biggest articulated lorry - will blast off in a 52 metre Ariane Five rocket from a spaceport in the swamps of French Guiana, South America. Once in orbit 500 miles high, it will sweep the entire surface of the Earth every 35 days to provide scientists with the fastest and most detailed facts yet on climate and ecosystems, including global warming, melti...
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