An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos is lost in space. MethaneSAT, designed to sniff out sources of ...

The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, was just a year into its mission to provide a clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from ...

The satellite’s failure may have been technical, but there are questions about the government’s decision-making process ...

MethaneSAT, the first satellite made by an environmental nonprofit organization, was designed to monitor some of the world's ...

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

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

A satellite backed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been lost in space while carrying out an important climate ...

The Bezos-backed MethaneSAT satellite has been declared "likely not recoverable" after losing contact with controllers just ...

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, built and operated by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), was launched in March of 2024 as part of SpaceX's Transporter-10 mission.

The satellite encountered technical issues and stopped responding. The initial data it sent was promising, revealing ...