A Russian Dnepr carrier rocket will launch...

The launch of CryoSat-2, which will monitor the effects of global warming on polar glaciers, is scheduled for 17:57 Moscow time (13:57 GMT).

The initial launch of the satellite was scheduled for February 25, but was postponed due to technical reasons.

The 140 million euro satellite, CryoSat-1, was built by the space company EADS Astrium for the European Space Agency. It went missing in October 2005 after the satellite"s Russian Rokot booster malfunctioned just a few minutes after blasting clear of the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia. It later crashed into the Arctic Ocean.

MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti)