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.
- 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 will show us the full scope of the opportunity by tracking emissions to their source.”
Krupp announced MethaneSAT in a 2018 TED Talk as part of the TED Audacious Project . - MethaneSAT was made possible entirely by the support of EDF donors and our partnership with the Government of New Zealand .