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Lost in Space: A ‘Game-Changing’ Emissions Satellite Just Went Dark
An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos is lost in space. MethaneSAT, designed to sniff out sources of methane emissions across the globe, only survived about 15 months in Earth’s orbit before meeting its untimely end.
Satellite backed by Google and Bezos to track methane is lost in space
An $88mn satellite backed by Google, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been lost in space, in a blow to global efforts to detect the planet-warming emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane from the oil and gas industry.
A satellite built by Denver-area companies was commissioned by a major environmental group for a five-year mission.
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Satellites Now Track Methane Leaks From Space—InstantlyChallenges in Satellite Methane Detection Despite their advantages, satellite detection of methane leaks is not without challenges. Factors such as cloud cover and atmospheric conditions can ...
Methane is an invisible and odourless gas, but it punches far above its weight in driving global warming. It can trap up to ...
There’s about to be a new methane eye in the sky. SpaceX is scheduled to launch on Friday the Tanager-1 satellite. The nonprofit Carbon Mapper is behind the satellite and will make the data ...
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NASA’s methane satellite just mapped its first plumes - MSNBut methane isn’t the only gas on Tanager-1’s radar. On the same day, the satellite also identified a 2-mile-long plume of carbon dioxide over the coal-fired Kendal Power Station in South ...
In August, a methane-sensing satellite was launched, ... Cusworth notes that the NASA instrument was not designed for methane detection and is not as sensitive as Tanager-1.
An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful ...
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