New Zealand-backed satellite reaches orbit successfully
New Zealand-backed satellite reaches orbit successfully
www.1news.co.nz New Zealand-backed satellite reaches orbit successfully
Scientists gathered in Auckland's Mt Wellington on Tuesday to watch a SpaceX rocket launch MethaneSAT into space from California.
NZ government and US non-profit Environmental Defence Fund worked together on a satellite that will monitor methane emissions. EDF will be looking for global oil and gas leaks while NZ will be using it to measure our agricultural emissions.
Pretty cool stuff.
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Very cool technology actually, I wonder why the downlink is so expensive?
Yeah they should just beam it over to a starlink sat
I'd love to know how feasible that actually is.