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MethaneSAT

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www.methanesat.org/
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New Zealand, Jeff Bezos, and the US-based Environmental Defense Fund are key backers of the MethaneSAT project, which monitors greenhouse gas emissions with unprecedented resolution.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATTechnical ProductNov 6, 2025New Zealand plans space mission, satellite fleet: minister

The MethaneSAT satellite was declared lost in space in July.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralNov 6, 2025New Zealand plans space mission, satellite fleet: minister

Blue Canyon Technologies launched the MethaneSAT satellite and established initial contact with the spacecraft.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralApr 12, 2024RTX Provides Blue Canyon Satellite to MethaneSAT for Tackling Crucial Climate Challenge

Blue Canyon Technologies provided its largest small satellite platform, the Saturn-class bus, for MethaneSAT.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATTechnical ProductApr 12, 2024RTX Provides Blue Canyon Satellite to MethaneSAT for Tackling Crucial Climate Challenge

BAE Systems worked with scientists from the Environmental Defense Fund and MethaneSAT, LLC to design and build MethaneSAT’s primary instrument.

Mentioned as: MethaneSAT, LLCOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2024BAE Systems Launches MethaneSAT to Provide Global GHG Emissions Data

MethaneSAT launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2024BAE Systems Launches MethaneSAT to Provide Global GHG Emissions Data

MethaneSAT offers high-precision emissions mapping over a 200 km by 200 km field of view.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralMar 7, 2024BAE Systems Launches MethaneSAT to Provide Global GHG Emissions Data

The last payload deployed on Transporter-10 was MethaneSAT, developed by Ball Aerospace for the Environmental Defense Fund.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2024SpaceX launches tenth Transporter rideshare mission

BAE Systems worked with scientists from the Environmental Defense Fund and MethaneSAT, LLC to design and build MethaneSAT’s primary instrument.

Mentioned as: MethaneSAT, LLCOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2024BAE Systems’ MethaneSAT launched

MethaneSAT launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2024BAE Systems’ MethaneSAT launched

MethaneSAT is scheduled to launch in March 2024.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralFeb 15, 2024Google and EDF Partner to Track Methane Leaks with Space Tech

MethaneSAT is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in early March 2024.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralFeb 15, 2024Google and EDF Partner to Track Methane Leaks with Space Tech

Google will create a dynamic methane map from MethaneSAT data that will be accessible to the public later in 2024.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative PlanFeb 15, 2024Google and EDF Partner to Track Methane Leaks with Space Tech

Ball Aerospace delivered the MethaneSAT satellite to Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California 2024-02-05.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2024Ball Aerospace Delivers MethaneSAT to Vandenberg Space Force Base for Upcoming Launch

Ball Aerospace worked with scientists from EDF and MethaneSAT to design and build the primary scientific instrument for the mission and led spacecraft integration and environmental testing.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2024Ball Aerospace Delivers MethaneSAT to Vandenberg Space Force Base for Upcoming Launch

Carbice Space Pad is scheduled to launch in early 2024 on MethaneSAT, an advanced methane-tracking satellite.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralFeb 4, 2024Carbice collaborates with RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies for CNT spacecraft solutions

Carbice Space Pad is scheduled to launch on MethaneSAT in early 2024.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralFeb 2, 2024Carbice Partners with Blue Canyon Technologies for Deep Tech Innovation in Aerospace

MethaneSAT is an Environmental Defense Fund affiliate that locates, measures, and tracks methane emissions with airborne sensors and a satellite scheduled to launch in 2024.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralJan 25, 2024International campaign required to map and monitor atmospheric methane

MethaneSAT, funded in part by the New Zealand government, is set to launch in 2024 and is designed to identify sources producing more than 500 kg of methane per hour.

Mentioned as: MethaneSATNarrative GeneralJan 25, 2024Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane

Ball Aerospace partnered with MethaneSAT, LLC, a subsidiary of the Environmental Defense Fund, on the MethaneSAT mission.

Mentioned as: MethaneSAT, LLCOrg RelationshipJan 22, 2024Webinar Replay | Not Invisible Anymore: How satellites monitor atmospheric methane
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