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$88m pollution-tracking satellite missing in space

A n $88m satellite designed to detect releases of the planet-warming gas methane from oil and gas production, has been lost in space in a major setback for climate efforts. The MethaneSat satellite which had backing from Google and billionaire Jeff Bezos, was launched only last year aboard an Elon Musk SpaceX rocket.

New Scientist on MSN · 1d

A crucial methane-tracking satellite has died in orbit

Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane emissions

Engadget on MSN · 1d

Bezos-funded satellite tracking methane emissions loses power in space

MethaneSAT, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) methane-tracking satellite backed by the Bezos Earth Fund, is lost in space.

Environmental Defense Fund2d

MethaneSAT Loses Contact with Satellite

MethaneSAT had been collecting methane emissions data over the past year. It was one of the most advanced methane tracking satellites in space, measuring methane emissions in oil and gas producing ...

The Register on MSN23h

MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with Earth

Methane monitoring satellite managed just over a year in orbit before its sudden demise The Bezos-backed MethaneSAT satellite ...

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Jeff Bezos’ dream satellite fails mid-mission, halts global climate watch

Jeff Bezos' MethaneSAT, an $88 million satellite designed to track global methane emissions, has failed due to a complete ...

E&E News1d

Satellite tracking oil and gas emissions goes dark

The MethaneSAT project was launched into space last year to keep tabs on emitters. Flares burn off methane and other ...

Cyprus Mail on MSN1d

Bezos-backed methane tracking satellite is lost in space

The launch of MethaneSAT last March was a milestone in a years-long campaign by EDF to hold accountable the more than 120 ...

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