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Milestone Reached by Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Microsatellites

Sustained Detection and Measurement of Methane Emissions Achieved by GHGSat Spacecraft

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Tom Patton
Sep 11, 2023
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The GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring satellites built by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) have achieved sustained detection and measurement of methane emissions at double the design capacity of the satellites. Under contract to GHGSat, SFL developed all nine operational 15-kilogram (33 pound) GHGSat spacecraft on its low-cost, high-performance NEMO microsa…

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