Guardian: Link to this video Climate scientists are not usually concerned about the launch of new satellites. But at 2:57pm on 8 April, a UK-led team will be keeping everything crossed as the EUR140m CryoSat-2 satellite lifts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Any uncharacteristic superstition will be because these scientists have tasted bitter disappointment before: five years ago, the precursor CryoSat probe crashed into the sea minutes after launch, destroying years of work in …