China launches satellites monitoring environment

06/09/2008 -- 8:52 PM

Beijing (VNA) - China launched two satellites to monitor the environment and natural disasters on September 6, said a local media. The satellites, launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northern province of Shanxi and carried by a Long March 2C rocket, were expected to enhance China's capacity to forecast natural disasters, Xinhua news agency reported. Under the name "Environment 1", the two satellites were the first of its kind for ecological monitoring put into space by China. They are expected to have a lifespan of more than three years. They have state-of-the-art imaging systems and infrared cameras and provide a global scan every two days, Xinhua said. It also quoted Bai Zhaoguang, a leading scientist and designer of the satellites, as saying that the satellites can closely track natural disasters and provide quick assessments of damage to guide rescue and reconstruction work.-Enditem
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