MethaneSAT: A Milestone in Global Methane Emission Reduction
MethaneSAT, a revolutionary satellite designed to motivate and enable urgent methane reduction actions, achieved a significant milestone on March 4, 2024, with its successful launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Developed by a collaborative effort of several esteemed organizations, including the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Ball Aerospace, the New Zealand Space Agency, and others, MethaneSAT represents a cutting-edge solution to address the detrimental effects of methane emissions on our planet.
The inception of MethaneSAT originated from the visionary leadership of Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, who introduced the idea during a TED talk on climate change in 2018. Over the subsequent years,
