<span style="color: #222222;">Russia will launch first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring Arctic climate this year at the end of the year, General Director of Lavochkin aerospace company Vladimir Kolmykov told sputnik news agency.<br />''<br />''He said as of now first satellite is developed and the launch is planned for 2020.<br />''<br />''The satellite will be launched by Soyuz -2,1b carrier rocket with frigate booster.The remote sensing  Artika-M will monitor the  meterological conditions in the polar region.</span><br />