Europe will rebuild the ice exploration satellite

Cryosat will be rebuilt ( Photo: BBC )

The European Space Agency has said it will rebuild the missing Cryosat ice detector satellite in the Arctic Ocean just minutes after it was launched last year.

The European Space Agency (Esa) has agreed to build a copy of Cryosat, which costs £ 95 million.

Initial estimates suggest that Cryosat-2 may be ready to launch within three years.

Cryosat's mission is to find out how the ground ice layer reacts to climate change amid much evidence that ice in some areas is getting thinner.

British scientists who participated in the Cryosat project said the project was too important to be abandoned.

In an article published on BBC News's English website, Duncun Wingham, professor at University College London, said: " Everyone involved in this project can be proud of their contributions, whether small or small. Great, to ensure that Cryosat-2 will have a chance to prove itself . "

" For me, it is known that this project is a great favor ."

Cryosat went missing in October last few minutes after being launched from Russia's Plesetsk center, the satellite was stabbed into the ocean itself that it intended to explore.

European ministers agreed in December that it would take priority to launch Cryosat to explore; But the final conclusion depends on the members of Esa Earth Exploration Program.