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MethaneSAT, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Environmental Defense Fund, Incorporated, a leading international nonprofit organization. EDF links science, economics, law, and innovative private-sector partnerships to create transformational solutions to the most serious environmental problems.

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Bi-Partisan Vote Revives EPA Methane Rules, Paves Way for Higher Standards to Come; Satellite Measurements and Transparent Public Data Will Help Companies, Officials Deliver

Jun 28, 2021

Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp today announced plans to develop and launch a new satellite purpose-built to identify and measure methane emissions from human-made sources worldwide, starting with the oil and gas industry.

MethaneSAT Picks SpaceX as Launch Provider for Mission to Protect Earth’s Climate

Jan 13, 2021

The nonprofit MethaneSAT LLC announced today that it has signed a contract with SpaceX to deliver its new satellite into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Now under construction after completing an intensive design process, the MethaneSAT instrument is on schedule for a launch window that opens October 1, 2022.