France successfully launched satellite monitoring of climate change

France's Arianespace Universe Group on August 1 announced the successful launch of the two satellites, including a satellite to monitor the effects of climate change on vegetation.

Photos are for illustrative purposes only.(Source: arianespace.com).

According to Arianespace, the two satellites were launched from Korou in French Guiana territory at 10:56 pm on August 1 (around 8:36 am August 2, Vietnam time).

The monitoring of vegetation and the environment through a new satellite, called Venus , is a joint cooperative effort between the French National Space Research Center (CNES) and the Israel Space Agency.

In a two-day cycle, Venus satellite will record 110 separate locations around the world over a period of two and a half years, thereby forming a graph of the effects of climate change on the ecosystem. and agriculture as well as research on carbon emissions and plant growth.

Another satellite was launched into orbit to serve a reconnaissance mission for the Italian Ministry of Defense.