Brazil launches satellite to watch forest

Updated March 1 2021 - 2:14am, first published 2:10am
Brazil's Amazonia-1 was launched from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Brazil's Amazonia-1 was launched from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

Brazil has sent its first satellite into space with the goal of monitoring deforestation in the Amazon, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) says.

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