Emirates SkyCargo transports Brazilian satellite
DUBAI/ SAO PAULO, December 31, 2020 Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline has successfully executed a cargo charter to transport the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil to Chennai, India. This is the first time that Emirates SkyCargo has transported a space satellite from South America, reported Emirates news agency
Wam. Amazonia-1 is the first satellite to have been developed completely in Brazil by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil’s apex body dedicated for space research and exploration. The satellite took eight years to be developed and once launched into space, 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.
NEW DELHI: A mega satellite that took eight years to be developed by Brazil has been successfully transported via a cargo flight from Sao Jose dos Campos to Chennai.
Amazonia-1, which will help monitor the ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, will be launched into space in February next year from the Sriharikota launch centre and will become part of Indian Space Research Organisation’s first satellite launch of 2021. Isro’s PSLV-C51 will not only launch Amazonia-1 satellite but also three private satellites built by Indian startups as secondary payloads.
Highlighting the significance of the upcoming first full commercial launch of 2021 involving satellites of desi startups, Isro chairman K Sivan told
Emirates SkyCargo successfully transports Brazilian satellite
DUBAI, December 31, 2020 Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline has successfully executed a cargo charter to transport the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil to Chennai, India. This is the first time that Emirates SkyCargo has transported a space satellite from South America, a WAM report said. Amazonia-1 is the first satellite to have been developed completely in Brazil by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil’s apex body dedicated for space research and exploration. The satellite took eight years to be developed and once launched into space, 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.
Brazilian satellite to be orbited by Indian rocket reaches Chennai
By IANS |
Published on
Wed, Dec 30 2020 21:36 IST |
0 Views
Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1, slated to be put into orbit by Indian Space Research Organisation s (ISRO). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, Dec 30 : Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1, slated to be put into orbit by Indian Space Research Organisation s (ISRO) rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), has landed here on an Emirates SkyCargo flight, it was announced on Wednesday.
In a statement, Emirates said its freight division Emirates SkyCargo flew the Amazonia-1 satellie from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil to Chennai.
This is the first time that Emirates SkyCargo has transported a space satellite from South America.
At about 2.3 million square miles, the Amazon is the largest tropical forest on Earth.
As well as reducing air pollution and regulating the world s oxygen and carbon cycles, it creates its own precipitation to sustain local populations with freshwater.
But it stands on the verge of a tipping point as a consequence of human-caused disturbances, for which we are all responsible , according to Robert Walker, a professor of geography at the University of Florida.
Professor Walker says the Amazon will transition over the next few decades from a dense, moisture-filled forest to an open savannah, dominated by flammable grasses and shrubs.