MethaneSAT
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MethaneSAT Now in Orbit after SpaceX Launches Groundbreaking Mission to Protect the Climate
Just after 4:00pm Pacific Time today MethaneSAT effectively detached from SpaceX Transporter-10 that carried the emissions monitor into space. The groundbreaking satellite is designed to help protect the Earth’s climate by accelerating reductions of a powerful greenhouse pollutant, focusing first on oil and gas operations, a major source of methane. “MethaneSAT changes the equation, putting science and data front and center. From…
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Ball Aerospace Ships Methane Monitoring Satellite for Launch
Ball Aerospace successfully delivered the MethaneSAT satellite to Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California this week, where it is scheduled to launch next month. The mission was developed in partnership with MethaneSAT, LLC, part of the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and it will provide groundbreaking data on the scale and sources of global methane emissions. The Ball Aerospace team readies the MethaneSAT satellite…
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