21/09/2020 (Agence Europe) – The European Space Agency (ESA) announced, on Monday 21 September, the signing of a €300 million contract with Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space to launch the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (Cristal) mission as part of the European Earth observation programme, Copernicus. The objective of the mission, which will be launched in 2027, is to measure sea ice thickness and the rise of the polar ice caps and to better understand...