Isro to launch first satellite developed entirely by Brazil's space agency
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is set to launch
Amazonia-1, the first satellite to have been developed completely in Brazil by
the National Institute
for Space Research (INPE), the Latin American nation's apex space research
body.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline, has
executed a cargo charter to transport Amazonia-1 from Sao Jose dos Campos,
Brazil to Chennai. This is the first time that Emirates SkyCargo has
transported a space satellite from South America.
The earth Observation has been designed, assembled and tested in
Brazil and took eight years to be developed. Once launched into space, it will
help monitor the ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest
tropical rainforest. The satellite is due to be sent to space in February 2021
from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the East coast of India.
The Amazonia series satellites are composed of two independent
modules: a Service Module, which is the Multi-Mission Platform (MMP), and a
Payload Module, which houses image cameras and equipment for recording and
transmitting image data.
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