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Russia launches new hydrometeorological satellite

STORY: Russia launches new hydrometeorological satellite SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 1, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hydrometeorological satellite STORYLINE: Russia launched a new hydrometeorological satellite, Meteor-M No. 2-4, into space on Thursday from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region of the Far East, said Russian State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage that carried the satellite also delivered 18 small satellites from Russia and other countries to their target orbits. The satellite is designed to perform tasks related to hydrometeorological support, climate and environmental monitoring, study of the Earth's natural resources, control of the heliogeophysical situation in near-Earth space, as well as data collection and relay of signals from emergency beacons of the international satellite search and rescue system COSPAS-SARSAT. The satellite is equipped with an onboar

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UZBEKISTAN-TASHKENT-HIGH TEMPERATURE

(230724) -- TASHKENT, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take a rest near a fountain to escape the summer heat in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 23, 2023. Starting from Monday, Uzbekistan will greet high temperature for a week. According to the Uzbek center of hydrometeorological service, many regions in the country will usher in high temperature above 40 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Georgiy Namazov/Xinhua)

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UZBEKISTAN-TASHKENT-HIGH TEMPERATURE

(230724) -- TASHKENT, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take a rest on a grassland to escape the summer heat in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 23, 2023. Starting from Monday, Uzbekistan will greet high temperature for a week. According to the Uzbek center of hydrometeorological service, many regions in the country will usher in high temperature above 40 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Georgiy Namazov/Xinhua)

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UZBEKISTAN-TASHKENT-HIGH TEMPERATURE

(230724) -- TASHKENT, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People have fun near a fountain to escape the summer heat in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 23, 2023. Starting from Monday, Uzbekistan will greet high temperature for a week. According to the Uzbek center of hydrometeorological service, many regions in the country will usher in high temperature above 40 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Georgiy Namazov/Xinhua)

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UZBEKISTAN-TASHKENT-HIGH TEMPERATURE

(230724) -- TASHKENT, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take a rest near a fountain to escape the summer heat in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 23, 2023. Starting from Monday, Uzbekistan will greet high temperature for a week. According to the Uzbek center of hydrometeorological service, many regions in the country will usher in high temperature above 40 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Georgiy Namazov/Xinhua)

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UZBEKISTAN-TASHKENT-HIGH TEMPERATURE

(230724) -- TASHKENT, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take a rest on the roadside to escape the summer heat in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 23, 2023. Starting from Monday, Uzbekistan will greet high temperature for a week. According to the Uzbek center of hydrometeorological service, many regions in the country will usher in high temperature above 40 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Georgiy Namazov/Xinhua)

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Russia foot-dragging to block 2002 Kyoto pact enforcement

MOSCOW, Russia - Alexander Bedritsky, head of the Russian Federal Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring Service, tells Kyodo News on April 12 that Russia is unlikely to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming by the year-end.

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-HEAT

(220629) -- SARAJEVO, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk past a place with a misting system in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), on June 29, 2022. The Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of BiH issued an orange warning recently due to temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of BiH. (Photo by Nedim Grabovica/Xinhua)

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-HEAT

(220629) -- SARAJEVO, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A thermometer shows 40 degrees Celsius on a street in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), on June 29, 2022. The Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of BiH issued an orange warning recently due to temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of BiH. (Photo by Nedim Grabovica/Xinhua)

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-HEAT

(220629) -- SARAJEVO, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A pigeon drinks water at a fountain in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), on June 29, 2022. The Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of BiH issued an orange warning recently due to temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of BiH. (Photo by Nedim Grabovica/Xinhua)

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-HEAT

(220629) -- SARAJEVO, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past a place with a misting system in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), on June 29, 2022. The Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of BiH issued an orange warning recently due to temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of BiH. (Photo by Nedim Grabovica/Xinhua)

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-HEAT

(220629) -- SARAJEVO, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk on a street during a hot day in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), on June 29, 2022. The Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of BiH issued an orange warning recently due to temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of BiH. (Photo by Nedim Grabovica/Xinhua)

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-HEAT

(220629) -- SARAJEVO, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk in Bascarsija square in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), on June 29, 2022. The Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of BiH issued an orange warning recently due to temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of BiH. (Photo by Nedim Grabovica/Xinhua)

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Russia foot-dragging to block 2002 Kyoto pact enforcement

MOSCOW, Russia - Alexander Bedritsky, head of the Russian Federal Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring Service, tells Kyodo News on April 12 that Russia is unlikely to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming by the year-end.

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Mark Rieder

Mark Rieder, director of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU), speaks during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on December 3, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Mark Rieder

Mark Rieder, director of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU), poses for the photographer during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on December 3, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Mark Rieder

Mark Rieder, director of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU), poses for the photographer during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on December 3, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Mark Rieder

Mark Rieder, director of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU), poses for the photographer during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on December 3, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Mark Rieder

Mark Rieder, director of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU), poses for the photographer during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on December 3, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Mark Rieder

Mark Rieder, director of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU), speaks during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on December 3, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)