Japan satellites to monitor Fukushima, Chernobyl

Japan satellites to monitor Fukushima, Chernobyl
Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2014 - Two Japanese satellites will be launched from Russia late Thursday to monitor environmental damage near the crippled nuclear plants in Fukushima and Chernobyl, officials said. The Ukrainian-designed Dnepr rocket carrying 33 satellites, including the two, will lift off at 1911 GMT from a space centre in the Urals region. The University of Tokyo developed the two satellites - the Hodoyos ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Japan_satellites_to_monitor_Fukushima_Chernobyl_999.html