MOSCOW, March 22. /TASS/. The first Arktika-M Arctic monitoring satellite launched in orbit in late February transmitted first images to Earth, Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin announced on Monday.

Together with the Fregat booster it will bring the Arktika-M Arctic monitoring satellite to the orbit. The start is scheduled for 09:55 am Moscow time. Bringing the spacecraft to the orbit will ...

The five-year project, in cooperation with scientists from around the Arctic, aims to deliver a whole population census of the Atlantic and Laptev Walrus using satellite imagery and explore what ...