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Bezos-backed methane tracking satellite is lost in space
- An $88 million satellite named MethaneSAT, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been lost in space, according to the Environmental Defense Fund.
- MethaneSAT was monitoring methane emissions from drilling sites and pipelines worldwide but went off course around 10 days ago.
- Contact with MethaneSAT was lost on June 20, as noted by the MethaneSAT team in their statement.
- Despite its shorter lifespan, MethaneSAT's mission was described as a 'remarkable success in terms of scientific and technological accomplishment.
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A satellite funded by US billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, was lost in space as he was carrying out an important mission on climate change. This was announced by New Zealand officials on Wednesday, July 2.
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Climate satellite MethaneSAT backed by Bezos and Google fails in space after just 1 year
MethaneSAT, the first satellite made by an environmental nonprofit organization, was designed to monitor some of the world's largest industrial contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. Now, without power, the spacecraft's mission has abruptly ended.
·United States
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