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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.
Bezos-Backed Methane Tracking Satellite Is Lost in Space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry's emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates it told Reuters on Tuesday.
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 ...
MethaneSAT searched for methane leaks on behalf of an environmental protection organization. After 15 months, the project ...
New Scientist on MSN2d
A crucial methane-tracking satellite has died in orbitOperators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane ...
The Register on MSN1d
MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with EarthMethane monitoring satellite managed just over a year in orbit before its sudden demise The Bezos-backed MethaneSAT satellite ...
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