An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos is lost in space. MethaneSAT, designed to sniff out sources of ...

A n $88m satellite designed to detect releases of the planet-warming gas methane from oil and gas production, has been lost ...

The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, was just a year into its mission to provide a clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from ...

Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane ...

MethaneSAT, the first satellite made by an environmental nonprofit organization, was designed to monitor some of the world's ...

This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was meant to take over mission control, is a blow to the country’s space research sector. New ...

The MethaneSAT project was launched into space last year to keep tabs on emitters. Flares burn off methane and other ...

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