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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
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
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.
MethaneSAT Completes Critical Design Review, Moves into Production Phase
MethaneSAT has reached an important new milestone with completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase for both the mission’s remote sensing instrument and the spacecraft platform “bus” that will provide power and maneuvering, and transmit the vast stream of data from the high resolution sensors to ground stations.
MethaneSAT Instrument, Orbital Platform Clear Key Design Milestone
Ball Aerospace, Blue Canyon Technologies complete rigorous technology review FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jon Coifman, (212) 616-1325 or jcoifman@methanesat.org (SAN FRANCISCO – Feb. 20, 2020) The two principal technology providers for the MethaneSAT mission have...
Software Engineer Tom Melendez Joins MethaneSAT, Will Head Development of Mission’s Groundbreaking Data Platform
Seasoned Team Leader Hails from Google Cloud, Skybox Imaging Contacts: Jon Coifman, (212) 616-1325, jcoifman@methanesat.org (SAN FRANCISCO – Feb. 12, 2020) Software engineer Tom Melendez has joined MethaneSAT, where he will head the team developing a...
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