MethaneSAT, il satellite per la rilevazione delle emissioni di metano in larga parte finanziato da Jeff Bezos di cui si era accennato qui, lanciato l’anno scorso sul Transporter 10, è andato perso in queste settimane.
Esclusiva da Reuters:
Bezos-backed methane tracking satellite is lost in space
An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates said on Tuesday. MethaneSAT had been collecting emissions data and images from drilling sites, pipelines, and processing facilities around the world since March, but went off course around 10 days ago, the Environmental Defense Fund, which led the initiative, said. Its last known location was over Svalbard in Norway and EDF said it did not expect it to be recovered as it had lost power.