Russia launches first Arctic-monitoring satellite to track climate changes
Russia has successfully
launched its first satellite to monitor the Arctic's climate and environment,
the country's space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement.
A
Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the "Arktika-M"
satellite on board blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at
9.55 a.m. on Sunday, Roscosmos said.
The Arktika-M spacecraft was delivered to the orbit at 12.14 p.m., Xinhua news agency quoted the
space corporation as further saying in the statement.
The
creation of a satellite system in highly elliptical orbits is necessary for
information collection to solve operational meteorology and hydrology problems,
and monitoring the climate and environment in the Arctic region, it said.
The
Arktika-M will provide round-the-clock continuous monitoring of the northern
territory of Russia and the seas of the Arctic Ocean, Roscosmos added. Read More
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